Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGregory Ratoff
Screenplay byEarl Baldwin
John Tucker Battle
Story byE.A. Ellington
StarringMonty Woolley
June Haver
Dick Haymes
CinematographyHarry Jackson
Edited byHarmon Jones
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
November 7, 1944 (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,250,000[1]

Irish Eyes Are Smiling is a 1944 United States musical film that chronicles the life of popular Irish song composer Ernest R. Ball.[2][3] 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.[4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1944.

Plot

The movie is a musical account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, a gifted composer of many popular Irish songs, including the titular one.

Cast

Radio adaptation

Irish Eyes Are Smiling was presented on Lux Radio Theatre March 15, 1948. Haymes reprised his role from the movie in the adaptation.[5]

References

  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220
  2. ^ "Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Irish Eyes Are Smiling". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. ^ Bosley Crowther (November 8, 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.
  5. ^ "Irish Eyes". Harrisburg Telegraph. March 13, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved August 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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