Irish Luck
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Directed byVictor Heerman
Written byNorman Venner (story "The Imperfect Imposter")
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringThomas Meighan
Lois Wilson
CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 22, 1925 (1925-11-22)
Running time
70 minutes
7 reels (7,008 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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

Preservation

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

References

  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
  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. Public Domain 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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