Lucky in Love (film)

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 (1929-08-17)
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]

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.

• 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

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

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

• Lucky in Love at IMDb

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