The Shamrock Handicap

The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

RomanceDrama

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.

Director: John Ford

Casts

	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