Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Wordiezett So much average

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

JohnHowardReid Cecil Kellaway and Jayne Meadows are the people who make The Luck of the Irish such an enjoyable experience. Tyrone Power is no more than okay. He's too stiff. What was really needed for the principal part was someone who was much more relaxed – Bing Crosby, for instance. Power neither looks nor acts like a man who could make friends with a leprechaun. He is too serious and has no trace of whimsy in his make- up. Kellaway was nominated for an Academy Award for best Supporting Actor. He deserved to win in my opinion, but lost out to Walter Huston for his role in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Another problem I have with the movie is Henry Koster's undistinguished and rather flat-footed direction. I think it was a really clever idea of producer Fred Kohlmar to dress up the Irish scenes with a green tint. True, he had to do something, but reverting back to the heyday of silent movies when tinting was commonplace, was a masterstroke.

Robert J. Maxwell This is an amusing and charming Irish fairy tale. A reporter and columnist, Steven Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) gets lost on a visit to Ireland and finds himself at a country inn run by Nora (Ann Baxter) and her father. He bumps into a leprechaun (Cecil Calloway), forces him to offer up his pot of gold, and, thinking the little guy is some kind of fruitcake, gives it back to him. Calloway promises eternal gratitude and gives him a Spanish doubloon as a good luck piece. Power and Baxter are attracted to one another but Power has other plans in New York and takes his leave.In New York, he's been hired at a high salary to write speeches and essays in support of a politician, Lee J. Cobb. Cobb's influential, rich, and powerful daughter (Jayne Meadows) goes with the job. But Power and Cobb have their disagreements. On top of that, a "man" shows up, claiming to have been sent by the agency, to take care of Powers' modern new apartment. He bears a suspicious resemblance to the leprechaun and is played by the same actor. Baxter shows up in New York to attend a kinsman's wedding and meets Power by accident on a crowded subway. Powers' dissatisfaction with his new responsibilities grows until he finally leaves his fiancée and his job, marries Baxter, and returns to Ireland to work.The first half hour and the last few minutes are set in the Irish village and they're as charming as a child's fairy tale. The much longer center section is a morality tale with serious overtones, and I'm afraid it turns into a story of a man who discovers his life is empty and decides to change it radically. (Power has done this trip before, in "The Razor's Edge.") The "peasants" are pretty generic. So are the cold-hearted cosmopolites back in New York. The former all have large families, are fun loving, cheerful, a little careless about punctuality, believe in legends, know how to drink, have dances and play lots of music, and put away big meals, and don't much worry about money. This is true of all generic peasants. It doesn't matter whether they're Irish or Jewish or Italian or Polish or Greek or anything else. Zorba the Mick.But that doesn't matter much. It's still fun. There are some people in Ireland who believe that Americans have a fairy-tale view of the Auld Sod, but although H. L. Mencken argued that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people, I think we're all smart enough to know a fairy tale when we see one. Why are all such Irish fantasies set in a green countryside, with stone walls, rolling hills, patches of woodland, and softly flowing brooks? Partly because so much of the country actually looks like that, and partly because the cities do not. Anyone for Belfast? Power is handsome. Baxter and Calloway all do respectable Irish accents. Rod Serling probably would have enjoyed adapting this for a Twilight Zone episode. Overall, it's quite enjoyable.

tondeaoncoast Tyrone Power in a comedy is a rare treat! Mr. Power was truly one of the most handsome actors ever. This movie may be light in the plot, but it is a delight to watch. A wonderful fantasy! Fitz (Tyrone Power), a jaded city man, goes to Ireland where he is enchanted by a young woman (Anne Baxter). He meets a mysterious little man by a waterfall, but no one knows of the waterfall or the little man. He returns to his job and his fiancée in New York. He hires a servant for his apartment who seems vaguely familiar. And he meets the young woman again on the subway. All these circumstances combined wreak a change in Fitz. He finds what is truly valuable and important in his life.I wish this movie were out in DVD. I copied this movie the last time it was on TV, but I would love to have a DVD instead of the VHS tape. It is a shame that more of these classics are not on DVD.

slthompson2 The Luck of the Irish is a humorous, adorable film. The casting was excellent. Tyrone Power is perfect for the role of a writer struggling between seeking wealth and staying true to himself, and Anne Baxter, as always, is a delight to see. Most actresses have difficulty doing an Irish accent believably, but Anne Baxter pulls it off quite well and is not only beautiful, but endearing as well. A good lesson can be learned from this film and there are several good quotations in it. The end is satisfying and leaves the viewer feeling happy and perhaps a little whimsical. The only pity is that this film could not have been shot in color. Can't you just imagine how gorgeous that waterfall would have been in "Glorious Technicolor?"