Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)A tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's. Director:Gregory Ratoff |
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Title: Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Monty Woolley | ... |
Edgar Brawley
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June Haver | ... |
Mary 'Irish' O'Neill
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Dick Haymes | ... |
Ernest R. Ball
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Al Jackson
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Beverly Whitney | ... |
Lucille Lacey
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Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom | ... |
Stanley Ketchel
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Veda Ann Borg | ... |
Belle La Tour
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Clarence Kolb | ... |
Leo Betz
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Leonard Warren | ... |
Opera Singer
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Blanche Thebom | ... |
Opera Singer
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Leo Mostovoy | ... |
Pawnbroker
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Ray Walker | ... |
Hoofer
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A tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's.
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 August 1945 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
En sång, en kyss, en flicka See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan
Performed by Dick Haymes with vocal quartet
Also performed by Beverly Whitney with female chorus
Also performed by Harry Seymour
Also performed by Dick Haymes and June Haver in the finale
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 15, 1948 with Dick Haynes reprising his film role. See more »Goofs
In playing the piano while singing "Boy Of Mine", you can see a wedding ring on Dick Haymes hand. He was married to Joanne Dru at the time the movie was being filmed. See more »Soundtracks
"Let the Rest of the World Go By"(uncredited)
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan
Performed by Dick Haymes with vocal quartet
Also performed by Beverly Whitney with female chorus
Also performed by Harry Seymour
Also performed by Dick Haymes and June Haver in the finale
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All of the June Haver musicals were worth watching, to me, mostly because of the time frame of the music involved (the gay nineties thru the twenties ... that is to say, 1890 thru 1930.)
This particular one, I enjoyed Monty Wooley's performance as a bit of a con man and an entrepreneur, as well as a rare appearance of Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, a former boxer who didn't have to fake a boxing match. Anthony Quinn had a chance to do comedy and fared quite well. Quinn makes a bet with Wooley that he (Wooley) cannot, as he claims, make a musical star out of the next female who comes out of the ladies room in a restaurant. You have four and a half guesses who comes thru the door.
There is one dreadful number called "Bessie and Her Bustle" which made me cringe. June's other numbers did her no harm but Only "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was any real help to her. Dick Haymes was a bit of a dead fish as an actor but his singing was really quite splendid.
Some other reviewer called June's performance "butch", which is ridiculous. She was pert and feisty and altogether charming. Gordon MacRae would have done the Haymes part much more satisfactorily but then this is true of many, many leads that required an actor as well as a singer. I would recommend this film if you are a June Haver fan and if you like a lot of good old Irish songs. (Ball biography,roughly) How about "Mother Machree" and "A Little Bit Of Heaven Fell From Out the Sky One Day" and "Let The Rest Of The World Go By."