It's kind of interesting that while all the posted comments play up Jimmy Stewart and Paulette Goddard, only a few mention the music -- but that's what happens over time when some stars retain their luster (like Stewart) and others fade (like bandleader Hoarce Heidt). The movie "Pot O' Gold" was inspired by the runaway success of Heidt's incredibly popular radio show of the same name -- one of the most highly-rated of the era. Hoarce Heidt & his Musical Knights racked up 52 hits between 1937 and 1945 (when Heidt left music to go into real estate). Over it's run, the band scored several chart-toppers, including "Gone With The Wind," "Ti-Pi-Pin" and "I Don't Want To Set The World on Fire." (Amazingly, none of the "Pot O' Gold" soundtrack songs ever became hits.) Pianist Frankie Carle, cornet star Bobby Hackett, sax man Frank DeVol, electric guitarist Alvino Rey and singers Mary Martin, Gordon MacRae, The King Sisters and, yes, comedian Art Carney, too, all put in their time on the Heidt bandstand. "Pot O' Gold" marked the band and bandleader's only motion picture appearance.
Review of Pot o' Gold
