Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

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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. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1944.

Original Release

10/19/1944

US Release

10/19/1944

Cast

Monty Woolley	Edgar Brawley
June Haver	Mary 'Irish' O'Neill / Mary O'Neill
Dick Haymes	Ernest R. Ball
Anthony Quinn	Al Jackson
Veda Ann Borg	Belle La Tour
Clarence Kolb	Leo Betz
Beverly Whitney	Lucille Lacey
Maxie Rosenbloom	Stanley Ketchel
Leonard Warren	Opera Singer
Blanche Thebom	Opera Singer

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Gregory Ratoff

Writers

Earl Baldwin, John Tucker Battle, E.A. Ellington

Cast

Monty Woolley	Edgar Brawley
June Haver	Mary 'Irish' O'Neill / Mary O'Neill
Dick Haymes	Ernest R. Ball
Anthony Quinn	Al Jackson
Veda Ann Borg	Belle La Tour
Clarence Kolb	Leo Betz
Beverly Whitney	Lucille Lacey
Maxie Rosenbloom	Stanley Ketchel
Leonard Warren	Opera Singer
Blanche Thebom	Opera Singer
Leo Mostovoy	Pawnbroker
Ray Walker	Hoofer
Eddie Acuff	Harry
Lester Allen	Heming
Gurney Bell	Member of Sportsmen's Quartette
William H. Benter	Minor Role
Billy Bester	Minor Role
Teddy Blue	Dancer
Marietta Canty	Phoebe the Ladies Room Maid
Maurice Cass	Dr. Medford