As a movie musical, this is a decent, if corny, bit of cinematic nonsense, top notch for the dancing of leading lady Peggy Ryan whose twirling tap dancing rivals Ann Miller's. She's a young lady who lives near the much beloved Shamrock Hill that wealthy John Litel wants to purchase, sending his daughter's fiancee (Rick Vallin) to secure the sale, bur as he gets to know the people (which includes fellow dancer Rick Vallin and everybody's grandma, Mary Gordon), he sees how much this should remain out of his boss's hands. Truly Marshall, as Litel's daughter, adds sophistication in what could have been a one dimensional part, ironically resembling Miller even though she doesn't dance.
Pert young Ryan hasn't aged much since those energetic B musicals where she sang and danced with Donald O'Connor between a slught plot and Andrews Sisters numbers. She's great in this as a young woman who believes in leprechauns and insists that they're on Shamrock Hill. Gordon (whose Scottish accent makes her a miscast Irish matriarch) also believes, and indeed, the little folk do eventually appear to help Ryan. Obviously influenced by the hit Broadway show "Finian's Rainbow" two years before this, it's enjoyable fluff saved by lots of energetic singing and dancing, but the whimsy of the plot is a minor element.
Pert young Ryan hasn't aged much since those energetic B musicals where she sang and danced with Donald O'Connor between a slught plot and Andrews Sisters numbers. She's great in this as a young woman who believes in leprechauns and insists that they're on Shamrock Hill. Gordon (whose Scottish accent makes her a miscast Irish matriarch) also believes, and indeed, the little folk do eventually appear to help Ryan. Obviously influenced by the hit Broadway show "Finian's Rainbow" two years before this, it's enjoyable fluff saved by lots of energetic singing and dancing, but the whimsy of the plot is a minor element.
