The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Luck of the Irish

| image = LuckIrish1948.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Henry Koster

| producer = Fred Kohlmar

| writer = Philip Dunne

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Tyrone Power|Anne Baxter|Cecil Kellaway|Lee J. Cobb}}

| music = Cyril Mockridge

| cinematography = Joseph LaShelle

| editing = J. Watson Webb Jr.

| studio = 20th Century Fox

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|1948|9|15}}

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Luck of the Irish is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter.{{cite web|title=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 | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82131/the-luck-of-the-irish|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=28 December 2015}} 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

{{Cast listing|

Tyrone Power as Stephen Fitzgerald{{cite web |title=The Luck of the Irish |url=http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film524513.html |website=FilmAffinity |publisher=filmaffinity.com |access-date=28 December 2015}}
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.{{cite journal|title=Those Were the Days|journal=Nostalgia Digest|date=Winter 2013|volume=39|issue=1|pages=32–41}}