The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)

1948 film by Henry Koster

The Luck of the Irish
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Henry Koster
Written by	Philip Dunne
Produced by	Fred Kohlmar
Starring	Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Cecil Kellaway Lee J. Cobb
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Edited by	J. Watson Webb Jr.
Music by	Cyril Mockridge
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 15, 1948 (1948-09-15)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Luck of the Irish is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter. The film was based on the 1948 novel There Was a Little Man by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones.

Plot

Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée, Frances, and her wealthy father, David C. Augur, in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York and returning to his roots in Ireland.

Cast

Tyrone Power as Stephen Fitzgerald
Anne Baxter as Nora
Cecil Kellaway as Horace
Lee J. Cobb as David C. Augur
Jayne Meadows as Frances Augur
James Todd as Bill Clark
J. M. Kerrigan as Tatie the innkeeper
Phil Brown as Tom Higginbotham
John Davidson as Reporter (uncredited)
George Melford as Doorman (uncredited)

Awards and nominations

Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Cecil Kellaway

Radio adaptation

The Luck of the Irish was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on CBS December 27, 1948. The adaptation starred Dana Andrews, Baxter, Kellaway, and Stanley Holloway.

References

"THE LUCK OF THE IRISH(1948) ALSO KNOWN AS: FOR FEAR OF LITTLE MEN / LEAVE IT TO THE IRISH / THAT OLD MAGIC / THE SHAMROCK TOUCH". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
"The Luck of the Irish". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
"Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. 39 (1): 32–41. Winter 2013.

External links

The Luck of the Irish at IMDb
The Luck of the Irish at the TCM Movie Database
The Luck of the Irish at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Henry Koster

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