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Three on a match (also known as third on a match or unlucky third light) is a purported superstition among soldiers during the Crimean War to World War II. The superstition goes that if three soldiers lit their cigarettes from the same match, one of the three would be killed or that the man who was third on the match would be shot.
Three on a Match: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William. Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
If three soldiers decided to smoke cigarettes together after dark and lit their cigs from the same match, superstition held that at least one of them would end up dead. Here's why. The strike of the match would alert an enemy sniper of the soldiers' presence.
Jun 28, 2018 · Trailer for the 1932 screen drama, THREE ON A MATCH, starring Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Humphrey Bogart.
Three on a Match is an unusual set of contradictions. Disliked by most of its principles, it was loved by the censors. Denounced by critics and ignored at the box office, it’s become a cornerstone for serious cinema students when exploring the movies of the early 1930s.
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Oct 1, 2008 · Watch the classic pre-Code drama Three On a Match, starring Warren William, Joan Blondell, Bette Davis and more. A tale of friendship, fate and crime.
