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Director
  
Arthur B. Woods

Cinematography
  
Basil Emmott

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

3.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Produced by
  
Irving Asher

Language
  
English

Writer
  
L.A.G. Strong
,
Brock Williams

Release date
  
December 1936

Cast
  
Athene Seyler
,
Margaret Lockwood
,
Patric Knowles
,
Gibb McLaughlin
,
Edward Rigby

Similar movies
  
Busmans Honeymoon (1940), Drake of England (1935), Q Planes (1939), Crown v Stevens (1936)

Irish for Luck is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Athene Seyler, Margaret Lockwood and Patric Knowles. It was also known as Meet the Duchess. It was adapted from a novel by L.A.G. Strong. In the film, an impoverished Irish Duchess tries to survive on her small income.

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The film was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.

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
  • References

    Irish for Luck Wikipedia
    Irish for Luck IMDb