Irish for Luck explained

Irish for Luck
Director:	Arthur B. Woods
Cinematography:	Basil Emmott
Distributor:	Warner Brothers (UK)
Runtime:	68 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

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

1. Wood p.90
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221852/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37835 BFI.org

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 TCMDB