
The Shamrock Handicap
Romance
Drama
Lenguage:66 min
Duration:en
Release date:May 2, 1926
Calificacion:5.1
Description:
Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.
Cast

Janet GaynorLady Sheila O'Hara

Leslie FentonNeil Ross

Willard LouisOrville Finch

J. Farrell MacDonaldCon O'Shea

Claire McDowellMolly O'Shea

Louis PayneSir Miles O'Hara

George HarrisJockey Ginsburg

Andy Clark'Chesty' Morgan
Ely ReynoldsVirus Cakes
Thomas DelmarMichaels