A tuneful account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".A tuneful account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".A tuneful account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Leo Mostovoy
- Pawnbroker
- (scenes deleted)
Ray Walker
- Hoofer
- (scenes deleted)
Eddie Acuff
- Harry
- (uncredited)
Lester Allen
- Heming
- (uncredited)
Gurney Bell
- Member of Sportsmen's Quartette
- (uncredited)
William H. Benter
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Billy Bester
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Teddy Blue
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- Trivia"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 15, 1948 with Dick Haynes reprising his film role.
- GoofsIn 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.
- Quotes
Belle La Tour: [to Mary] What are you doing in my $85 feathered robe? Take it off!
- SoundtracksBessie in a Bustle
(uncredited)
Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Copyright 1944 by Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
Performed by June Haver, unidentified singer and chorus
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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."
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."
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- En sång, en kyss, en flicka
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) officially released in Canada in English?
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