Lucky in Love (film)

Lucky in Love
Lucky in Love
Directed by	Kenneth Webb
Written by	Gene Markey
Produced by	Robert Kane
Starring	Morton Downey; Betty Lawford; Colin Keith-Johnston
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.; Philip Tannura
Edited by	Edward Pfitzenmeier
Music by	Yasha Bunchuk
Production; company	Pathé Exchange
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 17, 1929
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lucky in Love is a 1929 musical comedy film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Morton Downey, Betty Lawford and Colin Keith-Johnston. It was an early sound film, made during the transition from silent films.^[1]

Synopsis[edit]

Michael O'More is an Irish American living in Ireland with his uncle, a horse trainer for the Earl of Balkerry, where he falls in love with the Earl's granddaughter. After nearly killing a rival for her love, the caddish Captain Brian Fitzroy, O'More flees to the United States. He enjoys success working for a department store tycoon and is offered a chance to go back to Balkerry and establish a linen mill.

Cast[edit]

Morton Downey as Michael O'More
Betty Lawford as Lady Mary Cardigan
Colin Keith-Johnston as Captain Brian Fitzroy
Halliwell Hobbes as Earl of Balkerry
J.M. Kerrigan as Connors
Edward McNamara as Tim O'More
Richard Taber as Paddy
Edward O'Connor as Rafferty
Mary Murray as Kate
Mackenzie Ward as Cyril
Louis Sorin as Abe Feinberg
Sonia Karlov as Lulu Bellew
Tyrell Davis as Potts
Elizabeth Murray as Landlady

References[edit]

^ Munden p.466

Bibliography[edit]

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.