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Luck is a 1931 French drama film directed by René Guissart and starring Marie Bell, Marcel André and Françoise Rosay. It is based on a play by Yves Mirande about a woman who loses her fortune gambling at baccarat.

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Luck (French: La chance) is a 1931 French drama film directed by René Guissart and starring Marie Bell, Marcel André and Françoise Rosay. It is based on a play by Yves Mirande about a woman who loses her fortune gambling at baccarat.

It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris.

Cast

Marie Bell as Tania Balieff

Marcel André as Le docteur Gaston

Françoise Rosay as Mme. Mougeot

Pierre de Guingand as Curral

Fernand Fabre as Le docteur Victor

Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La concierge

Madeleine Guitty as La cuisinière

Palau as Le bijoutier

Christian Argentin as Le propriétaire

Robert Casa as Un chef de réception

Léonce Corne as L'huissier

Charlotte Martens

Christiane Delyne

Magdeleine Bérubet

Maurice Escande

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Notable quotes

“Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.”
— Roald Amundsen, The South Pole (1912).
“I don't watch the ball. I watch them. Like I said — You make your own luck. Perception is reality. And it doesn't matter a tuppeny toss where the ball actually lands... Just as long as they see what I want them to see.”
— Andy Diggle, in lines written for John Constantine, Hellblazer #232 Wheels of Chance, Systems of Control, Part 1 of 2.
““I trust to luck to get me by. Luck and destiny.” His eyes were bright with reflected moonlight. “Sometimes they serve me well.””
— Pat Murphy, With Four Lean Hounds, in Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.) Sword and Sorceress (1984), p. 169
“I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!”
— Robert Rodat, depicting "Pvt. Reiben" in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
“The only thing I ever learned was that some people are lucky and other people aren't and not even a graduate of the Harvard Business School can say why.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, as quoted in "The Sirens of Titan" by character Noel Constant.
“Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.”
— A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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