Irish for Luck
1936 film by Arthur B. Woods
- L.A.G. Strong (novel)
- Brock Williams
- Arthur B. Woods
- Athene Seyler
- Margaret Lockwood
- Patric Knowles
- Gibb McLaughlin
Production
company
company
Warner Brothers
Release date
- December 1936 (1936-12) (UK)
Running time
Irish for Luck is a 1936 British comedy film, also known as Meet the Duchess. Made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers,[1] it was directed by Arthur B. Woods and starred Athene Seyler, Margaret Lockwood and Patric Knowles.[2] Adapted from a novel by L.A.G. Strong, in the film an impoverished Irish Duchess tries to survive on her small income.
Plot
Ellen O'Hare (Margaret Lockwood) leaves Ireland and her penniless duchess aunt (Athene Seyler) to pursue a singing career in England. She encounters street musician Terry (Patric Knowles) and they eventually return without success to Ireland, to discover Ellen's aunt is now prosperous.
Cast
- Athene Seyler as The Duchess
- Margaret Lockwood as Ellen O'Hare
- Patric Knowles as Terry O'Ryan
- Gibb McLaughlin as Thady
- Edward Rigby as Hon. Denis Maguire
- Eugene Leahy as O'Callaghan
- George Dillon as Mooney
- Terry Conlin as Costello
Production
It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood.
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Irish for Luck at IMDb
- Irish for Luck at TCMDB
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Films directed by Arthur B. Woods
- Timbuctoo (1933)
- On Secret Service (1933)
- Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
- Give Her a Ring (1934)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- Drake of England (1935)
- Once in a Million (1936)
- Rhythm in the Air (1936)
- Where's Sally? (1936)
- Irish for Luck (1936)
- Mayfair Melody (1937)
- The Windmill (1937)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937)
- Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
- You Live and Learn (1937)
- The Singing Cop (1938)
- The Dark Stairway (1938)
- Mr. Satan (1938)
- Thistledown (1938)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
- The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
- Dangerous Medicine (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938)
- Q Planes (1939)
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
- Confidential Lady (1939)
- Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
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