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6.2/10   60 votes
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Director:
Harold D. Schuster
Writers:
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne (story) and
Thomas J. Geraghty (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 March 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
RECKLESS YOUNG ROMANCE...A NEW STAR ALLURINGLY DIFFERENT...PULSE-TINGLING DERBY DAY THRILLS...SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT GLORIFIED BY PERFECTED, NATURAL TECHNICOLOR! (original ad - all caps) more
Plot:
First Technicolor movie shot in the British Isles, features Gypsies, horse racing, singing and romance. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Movie Legend Cardiff Dead At 94
 (From WENN. 22 April 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)

Filmmaker Jack Cardiff dies, aged 94
 (From digitalspy. 22 April 2009, 12:39 PM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Annabella ... Young Marie (Prologue) / Maria, Duchess of Leyva

Henry Fonda ... Kerry Gilfallen
Leslie Banks ... Lord Clontarf
Stewart Rome ... Sir Valentine
Irene Vanbrugh ... Old Marie
Harry Tate ... Paddy
Helen Haye ... Aunt Jenepher
Teddy Underdown ... Don Diego
Mark Daly ... James Patrick Aloysius 'Jimmy' Brannigan
Sam Livesey ... Angelo
E.V.H. Emmett ... Racing Commentator
Captain R.C. Lyle ... Racing Commentator
John McCormack ... Himself - the Tenor
Steve Donoghue ... Himself
D.J. Williams ... Marik (Prologue)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min | USA:87 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:S

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filming started with Glenn Tryon as director and Harold D. Schuster as editor; Tryon was fired and Schuster took over in June 1936. more
Soundtrack:
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
High Notes and Low, 27 November 2006
7/10
Author: duke1029 from United States

John McCormack of Athlone, County Westmeath and arguably the greatest Irish tenor of all time, failed in several attempts to break into the movies. That's not surprising when one views his stiff acting and singing in this film. Although he sings three songs here, he evidently didn't even bother to memorize the words and sings while looking at the lyrics from a notebook he carries with him. It's no wonder that the film editor decided to cut away from him to inserts of the idyllic Irish countryside during his performance rather than keep the overweight and unphotogenic singer on screen.

Fonda supposedly played a Canadian in this British movie shot partially in Ireland but clearly didn't have a competent dialogue coach because he plays his early scenes with a decidedly Southern drawl. He later lapses into his singularly un-Canadian Midwestern twang.

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