Lucky in Love (film)
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Directed by | Kenneth Webb |
Written by | Gene Markey |
Produced by | Robert Kane |
Starring | Morton Downey Betty Lawford Colin Keith-Johnston |
Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr. Philip Tannura |
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Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date | August 17, 1929 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Lucky in Love is a 1929 musical comedy film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Morton Downey, Betty Lawford and Colin Keith-Johnston. It was an early sound film, made during the transition from silent films.[1]
Synopsis[]
Michael O'More is an Irish American living in Ireland with his uncle, a horse trainer for the Earl of Balkerry, where he falls in love with the Earl's granddaughter. After nearly killing a rival for her love, the caddish Captain Brian Fitzroy, O'More flees to the United States. He enjoys success working for a department store tycoon and is offered a chance to go back to Balkerry and establish a linen mill.
Cast[]
- Morton Downey as Michael O'More
- Betty Lawford as Lady Mary Cardigan
- Colin Keith-Johnston as Captain Brian Fitzroy
- Halliwell Hobbes as Earl of Balkerry
- J.M. Kerrigan as Connors
- Edward McNamara as Tim O'More
- as Paddy
- as Rafferty
- as Kate
- Mackenzie Ward as Cyril
- Louis Sorin as Abe Feinberg
- Sonia Karlov as Lulu Bellew
- Tyrell Davis as Potts
- as Landlady
References[]
- ^ Munden p.466
Bibliography[]
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1929 films
- 1929 musical films
- 1929 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American films
- American musical films
- Films directed by Kenneth Webb
- Pathé Exchange films
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in Ireland
- 1920s American film stubs