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The Shamrock Handicap
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The Shamrock Handicap

May 2, 1926
1h 6m
★ 5.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance
Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Janet Gaynor

Lady Sheila O'Hara

Janet Gaynor

Leslie Fenton

Neil Ross

Leslie Fenton

Willard Louis

Orville Finch

Willard Louis

J. Farrell MacDonald

Con O'Shea

J. Farrell MacDonald

Claire McDowell

Molly O'Shea

Claire McDowell

Louis Payne

Sir Miles O'Hara

Louis Payne

George Harris

Jockey Ginsburg

George Harris

Andy Clark

'Chesty' Morgan

Andy Clark

Ely Reynolds

Virus Cakes

Ely Reynolds

Thomas Delmar

Michaels

Thomas Delmar

Bill Elliott

Well-Wishing Villager

Bill Elliott

Brandon Hurst

The Procurer of Taxes

Brandon Hurst