The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)

1948 film by Henry Koster

The Luck of the Irish

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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.[1] The film was based on the 1948 novel There Was a Little Man by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones.

## 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 or returning to his roots in Ireland.

## Cast

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* Tyrone Power as Stephen Fitzgerald[2]
* 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

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* Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Cecil Kellaway

## 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.

## External links

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