Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling is a 1944 musical film which chronicles the life of popular Irish song composer Ernest R. Ball. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin and John Tucker Battle is based on a story by E. A. Ellington. The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by Damon Runyon for 20th Century Fox.[1] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1944.
[edit] Cast
- Monty Woolley ... Edgar Brawley
- June Haver ... Mary 'Irish' O'Neill
- Dick Haymes ... Ernest R. Ball
- Anthony Quinn ... Al Jackson
- Beverly Whitney ... Lucille Lacey
- Maxie Rosenbloom ... Stanley Ketchel
- Veda Ann Borg ... Belle La Tour
- Clarence Kolb ... Leo Betz
- Leonard Warren ... Opera Singer
- Blanche Thebom ... Opera Singer
- Chick Chandler ... Stage Manager
- Kenny Williams ... Specialty Dancer
- Michael Dalmatoff ... Headwaiter
[edit] References
- ^ Bosley Crowther (November 08, 1944). "The Screen: 'Irish Eyes Are Smiling,' a Tuneful Technicolored Show, With Dick Haymes and June Haver, Opens at the Roxy". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00813FA3555157B93CAA9178AD95F408485F9&scp=1&sq=Irish+Eyes+Are+Smiling&st=p.
