The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
66 min
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.
- Release date
- May 2, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Lady Sheila O'Hara
- Leslie Fenton as Neil Ross
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Con O'Shea
- Louis Payne as Sir Miles O'Hara
- Claire McDowell as Molly O'Shea
- Willard Louis as Orville Finch
- Andy Clark as 'Chesty' Morgan
- George Harris as Jockey Ginsburg
- Ely Reynolds as Virus Cakes
- Thomas Delmar as Michaels
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- Peter B. Kyne · Writer
- Elizabeth Pickett · Writer
- John Stone · Writer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer