The Shamrock Handicap Trailer (1926)

02 May 1926 Drama, Romance 66 mins

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.

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Cast

Janet Gaynor as Lady Sheila O'Hara

Leslie Fenton as Neil Ross

Willard Louis as Orville Finch

J. Farrell MacDonald as Con O'Shea

Claire McDowell as Molly O'Shea

Louis Payne as Sir Miles O'Hara

George Harris as Jockey Ginsburg

Andy Clark as 'Chesty' Morgan

Ely Reynolds as Virus Cakes

Thomas Delmar as Michaels

Bill Elliott as Well-Wishing Villager

Brandon Hurst as The Procurer of Taxes

Eric Mayne as Doctor

Eleanore Vogel as Woman (uncredited)

Crew

John Ford Director

George Schneiderman Director of Photography

Elizabeth Pickett Writer

Elizabeth Pickett Editor

Peter B. Kyne Story

John Ford Producer

International Releases Dates

United States 02 May 1926

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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