Pot O' Gold

Starring:James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger, Mary Gordon, Frank Melton, Jed Prouty, Charles Arnt, Dick Hogan, James Burke, Donna Wood, Larry Cotton, Victor Potel, William Gould, Nestor Paiva, Tim Ryan, Mary Ruth, Edward Brady, Beverly Andre, Jody Gilbert
Director: George Marshall
Studio: Delta
Product Type: DVD

Description

Stewart as Jimmy Haskell, a music-loving, harmonica- playing man who comes across a poor but excellent band that rehearses on a boarding house roof. Jimmy becomes interested in the people who own the boarding house, Ma McCorkle and her lovely daughter, Molly. Includes an introduction by Tony Curtis and the original theatrical trailer for Stewart's How The West Was Won.

Customer Reviews:

..........Andy From Newberry, NC....Where Are You??..............2007-06-11

......This is a real tough Tom/Turkey...[gobble-gobble]....I was so disappointed watching this tepid/loose and music/comedy?? on DVD...Paulette Goddard was the show as she is so easy on the eyes, but the insiped 'good olde boy' character Jimmy Stewart had to play was cornball all the way...Stewart should learn from John Wayne to play Jimmy Stewart, no matter what...Stewart should of been Andy Griffith's side-kick in, "Andy from Newberry, NC"...anything for work and a check, I suppose....this DVD is not worth the time or money, folks....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF

James Stewart and Paulette Goddard are great. Script is OK.......2007-05-20

A good but not great movie but many great performances.

Interesting Film.......2006-01-23

Ever the professionals, both Jimmy Stewart and Paulette Goddard gave this film their best effort. Goddard was certainly a gorgeous woman, and her musical number in this film was very interesting...her legendary charm is highly evident. The number itself is a bit odd...she begins in a glamorous gown, singing...then switches to a female version of a Spanish male cabellero (sp?) outfit, flirting outrageously with all the girls...then switches into another glamorous gown and dances the tango (extremely well) with her male partner, who appears to be authentically entranced by her...the first time I saw it, I thought, "What was THAT???" Only Goddard could have pulled it off. It didn't appear that she and Stewart had much in the chemistry department, but they did give it their best effort. It's a pleasant film.

A Mixed Bag.......2005-04-11

The strength of the film is its technical aspect. For the time, the special effects are quite good. Acting is also strong. I was disappointed in the plot. The script just doesn't accomplish the job. Essentially the theme is "art" (in this case music)is superior to business. All business people are evil and only artists know how to celebrate life. Violence, robbery, and deception of any kind is justified to teach the evil businessman a lesson. That's the subplot that just doesn't hold up.

Jimmy Stewart's character, working with Paulette Goddard's character, "save the day" by staging a lottery, which they have previously discussed was not legal. Here again, there's no logic. They do the very thing the script writers prohibited them from doing. It's a non sequituer.

Highly entertaining/unusual-in-a-good-way Jimmy Stewart film.......2002-10-11

"Pot O' Gold" is a Jimmy Stewart film I watch repeatedly and I'm glad I'm not the only one who has heard of it. This film has been released so many time on VHS, and by all never-heard-of studios. United Artists released it to theaters at the time. Why didn't MGM buy the rights to the film years after? Great story about a struggling musician trying to save his father's music store. His notrious health-food obsessed uncle tries to pull Jimmy Haskell (Stewart) into the the health-food business. He meets a beautiful lady singer (Paulette Goddard) who with her other sister sing a band which her brother Willie plays in, and her mother runs it. When Molly McCorckle (Goddard) learns that Jimmy's uncle is the notorius C.J. Haskell, she becomes upset about it. She thinks of him as a trickster, and as a result, in a radio program she announces Jimmy will give away $1000 in cash to someone. Jimmy is faced with a tough decision: how to give away the money. If he doesn't, he coul be fined and imprisoned. After many tries, he thinks up a way. He'll give it away by telephone. The winner, when they call them up, is speechless and so is his wife. Mrs. McCorckle, C.J., Jimmy, and Molly all reunite on the radio program in a triumphant-sounding finale.
The sound could be better, but an excellent film to enjoy anytime. Upbeat!

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Pot O Gold
Starring: Jimmy Stewart
Manufacturer: Unicorn Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0001Y4MC2
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Pot O' Gold/Made For Each Other/James Stewart on Film

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Pot O' Gold/Made For Each Other/James Stewart on Film
Starring: James Stewart
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ASIN: B00004YKRH
Release Date: 2002-04-12

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Pot O' Gold

Product Description

With a long career filled with films that rank among the most popular movies ever made, Jimmy Stewart remains one of America's favorite actor's. An honest, innocent, hard-working everyman with a comically distinctive, drawling voice and an easy smile, Stewart represented the enthusiasm and genuine goodness of the common man.

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Pot O' Gold
Starring: James Stewart , Paulette Goddard , Horace Heidt , Charles Winninger , and Mary Gordon
Director: George Marshall
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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ASIN: B000054OTE
Release Date: 1999-06-29

James Stewart: Pot'O Gold / Made For Each Other

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James Stewart: Pot'O Gold / Made For Each Other
Starring: Pot O Gold , and Made for Each Other
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Release Date: 2004-03-02

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Pot O' Gold
Starring: James Stewart , Paulette Goddard , Horace Heidt , Charles Winninger , and Mary Gordon
Director: George Marshall
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B00004W19T
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Description

See Paulette and Jimmy kick up their heels and fall in love! Based on a popular radio money giveaway show of the same name, "Pot O' Gold" stars the ever-bewildered but lovable James Stewart and the beautiful and tempestuous Paulette Goddard, and because 1941 was the peak of the big band era, popular Horace Heidt and His Thirty Musical Knights. The story revolves around the band's struggle for its "big break." The members all live in Mrs. McCorkle's boarding house and spend their time practicing on the roof. When Jimmy Haskell (Stewart) arrives in town and immediately meets Molly (Goddard) and the band, Jimmy soon has the band on his music-hating uncle's radio show, "The Haskell Happy Hour"--and from there it's straight to the top! The film includes such splashy swing numbers as "When Johnny Toots His Horn," "Pete the Piper," "Do You Believe in Fairy Tales?" and "A Knife, a Fork, and a Spoon." The most spectacular scene in the movie includes sixteen rumba-dancing couples, a twelve-piece rumba band, Horace Heidt's Thirty Musical Knights, and one hundred extras in a magnificent country club setting. Don't miss this song and dance extravaganza!

Comedy: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy/Pot O' Gold

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Comedy: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy/Pot O' Gold

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ASIN: B0007P0YIQ
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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..........Andy From Newberry, NC....Where Are You??.......
James Stewart and Paulette Goddard are great. Script is OK
Interesting Film
A Mixed Bag
Highly entertaining/unusual-in-a-good-way Jimmy Stewart film

Pot O' Gold
Starring: James Stewart , Paulette Goddard , Horace Heidt , Charles Winninger , and Mary Gordon
Director: George Marshall
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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