Apr 14th
Darby O'Gill and the Little People** US 1959. Walt Disney. 93m.

A retiring Irish gamekeeper helps to set his affairs in order with the assistance of King Brian of the Leprechauns.
Quietly charming Blarney fantasy, quaintly stereotypical at first but with some lively special effects sequences and winning, warm-hearted performances. A minor forgotten gem in the Disney canon.

Written by: Lawrence Edward Watkin, from stories by H.T. Kavanagh.
Producer: Walt Disney.
Director: Robert Stevenson.
Starring: Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea.
Photography: Winston Hoch.
Music: Oliver Wallace.
Special Photographic Effects: Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett.

Preceded by:
Leave 'Em Laughing*(US 1928. 20m. bw. silent; Stan has toothache, but he and Ollie overdose on laughing gas – as does the film.; w: Hal Roach, Reed Heustis; d: Clyde Bruckman; s: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Hall.)