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Smiling Irish Eyes
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 8550 feet
Directed by William A. Seiter
Cast: Colleen Moore [Kathleen O’Connor], James Hall [Rory O’More], Robert Homans [Shamus O’Connor], Claude Gillingwater [Michael O’Connor], Tom O’Brien [‘Black Barney’ O’Toole], Robert E. O’Connor [Sir Timothy Tyrone], Aggie Herring [Grandmother O’More], Betty Francisco [Frankie West], Julianne Johnston [Goldie De Vere], Edward Earle [Ralph Prescott], Fred Kelsey [the county fair manager], Barney Gilmore [the manager’s assistant], Charles McHugh [the manager’s assistant], Madame Bosocki [the fortune teller], George Hayes [the taxi driver], Anne Schaefer [the landlady], John Beck [Tyrone’s butler], Oscar Apfel [Max North], Otto Lederer [Izzy Levi], William Strauss [Moe Levi], Dave Thursby [the Scotch barker], Dan Crimmins [the trouble-maker], Dan Dowling [a dancer]
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distibuted by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A William A. Seiter Production; A First National and Vitaphone Picture; First National Vitaphone Talking Pictures]. / Produced by John McCormick. Screenplay by Tom J. Geraghty, with dialogue by Tom J. Geraghty, from a screen story by Tom J. Geraghty. Set decoration (set design) by Anton Grot. Wardrobe (costume design) by Edward Stevenson. Music score by Louis Silvers. Songs “Smiling Irish Eyes” by Ray Perkins (music) and Herman Ruby (lyrics), “A Wee Bit o’ Love,” “Then I’ll Ride Home with You,” and “Old Killarney Fair” by Norman Spencer (music) and Herman Ruby (lyrics). Choreography by Larry Ceballos, Walter Wills and Carl McBride. Assistant director, James Dunne. Cinematography by Sid Hickox and Henry Freulich. Sound recording technician, Cal Applegate. Film editor, Al Hall (Alexander Hall). Intertitles written by Tom J. Geraghty. Presented by John McCormick. / © 18 September 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP740]. Released 28 July 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 7932 feet) by First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 22 September 1929. / Full-sound film.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 29 December 2024.
References: Drew-Speaking pp. 5, 182, 283 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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