The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)

The Luck of the Irish is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter.[1] The film was based on the 1948 novel There Was a Little Man by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones.

The Luck of the Irish
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Directed byHenry Koster
Written byPhilip Dunne
Produced byFred Kohlmar
Starring
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byJ. Watson Webb Jr.
Music byCyril Mockridge
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 15, 1948 (1948-09-15)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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Awards and nominations

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Radio adaptation

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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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "The Luck of the Irish". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. 39 (1): 32–41. Winter 2013.
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