Irish Luck (1925 film)

Irish Luck
Irish Luck
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Directed by	Victor Heerman
Written by	Norman Venner (story "The Imperfect Imposter")
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Thomas Meighan; Lois Wilson
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 22, 1925;
Running time	70 minutes; 7 reels (7,008 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Irish Luck is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Victor Heerman, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] Tom Donahue (Meighan), a Fifth Avenue traffic policeman from New York City, wins a trip to Ireland in a newspaper contest. He looks like Lord Fitzhugh, nephew of a nobleman who has cut him out of his will in favor of his cousine. On his deathbed, the Earl (Lawford) longs to make up with Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh's sister Gwendolyn (Wilson) meets Tom and takes him back to Killarney with her and, when Fitzhugh fails to appear, persuades Tom to impersonate him and gains the fortune. Eventually, Tom frees Fitzhugh, who had been lured to Killarney, and wins the love of the young woman.

Cast

Thomas Meighan as Tom Donahue / Lord Fitzhugh
Lois Wilson as Lady Gwendolyn
Cecil Humphreys as Douglas
Claude King as Solicitor
Ernest Lawford as Earl
Charles Hammond as Doctor
Louise Grafton as Aunt
S. B. Carrickson as Uncle
Charles Mcdonald as Denis MacSwiney
Mary Foy as Kate MacSwiney

Preservation

A print of Irish Luck is located in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.^[4]

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Irish Luck at silentera.com
^ Sargent, Epes W. (December 5, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Irish Luck; Tom Meighan's Made-In-Treland Melodrama Has More than Usual Allowance of Action". The Moving Picture World. 77 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 483. Retrieved October 16, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Irish Luck

External links

Irish Luck at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Irish Luck at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Synopsis at AllMovie
Lobby card at silentfilmstillarchive.com

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Irish Luck at silentera.com

[MPW-3] Sargent, Epes W. (December 5, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Irish Luck; Tom Meighan's Made-In-Treland Melodrama Has More than Usual Allowance of Action". The Moving Picture World. 77 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 483. Retrieved October 16, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Irish Luck

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