The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

  • NR
  • 05/02/1926 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 6m

Overview

Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.

John Ford

Director

Elizabeth Pickett

Writer

Peter B. Kyne

Story

Cast

Janet Gaynor's headshot

Janet Gaynor

Lady Sheila O'Hara
Leslie Fenton's headshot

Leslie Fenton

Neil Ross
Willard Louis's headshot

Willard Louis

Orville Finch
J. Farrell MacDonald's headshot

J. Farrell MacDonald

Con O'Shea
Claire McDowell's headshot

Claire McDowell

Molly O'Shea
Louis Payne's headshot

Louis Payne

Sir Miles O'Hara
George Harris's headshot

George Harris

Jockey Ginsburg
Andy Clark's headshot

Andy Clark

'Chesty' Morgan

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