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The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)

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Wikipedia article




'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 fiance 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



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




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