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Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) was a Adventure - Family Film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney.

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Darby O'Gill and the Little People ( 1959 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 17, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"Three wishes I'll grant ye, great wishes an' small! But you wish a fourth and you'll lose them all!" Darby O'Gill is a wily old codger, but even with all his experience he canno' match wits with the king of the leprechauns, King O'Brien himself. On a spooky moonlit night in Ireland, Darby falls d... Read full article


Darby O'Gill and the Little People ( 1959 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 17, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"Three wishes I'll grant ye, great wishes an' small! But you wish a fourth and you'll lose them all!" Darby O'Gill is a wily old codger, but even with all his experience he canno' match wits with the king of the leprechauns, King O'Brien himself. On a spooky moonlit night in Ireland, Darby falls d... Read full article


Darby O'Gill and the Little People ( 1959 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 17, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"Three wishes I'll grant ye, great wishes an' small! But you wish a fourth and you'll lose them all!" Darby O'Gill is a wily old codger, but even with all his experience he canno' match wits with the king of the leprechauns, King O'Brien himself. On a spooky moonlit night in Ireland, Darby falls d... Read full article


Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with "Darby O'Gill and the Little People"

By Rick29 on Mar 17, 2015 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

In the picturesque Irish village of Rathcullen, old codger Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) spends more time in the pub talking about leprechauns than tending to the estate of Lord Fitzpatrick. So, it's no surprise when the landowner decides it's time to replace Darby with the younger Michael McBride (S... Read full article


Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with "Darby O'Gill and the Little People"

By Rick29 on Mar 14, 2013 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

In the picturesque Irish village of Rathcullen, old codger Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) spends more time in the pub talking about leprechauns than tending to the estate of Lord Fitzpatrick. So, it's no surprise when the landowner decides it's time to replace Darby with the younger Michael McBride (S... Read full article


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[Michael and Katie are about to kiss as Darby and Brian look on]
King Brian: Kiss her! Kiss her! Go on, kiss her!
[Michael sidesteps Katie and starts to walk away]
King Brian: Agh! An him a *Dublin* man!
[Brian throws his crown on the ground in frustration]
Darby O'Gill: [Watching out the window] Look, look, look!
[Katie runs after Michael, pulls him back and kisses him]
King Brian: [dancing while Darby claps a beat] Will you wish your wish now?
Darby O'Gill: I will indeed!


[Katie's fever breaks]
Molly Malloy: It's a miracle! She's fine an' sonsy like a baby woken from sleep!
[Michael runs in to her]
Katie O'Gill: Michael, what a temper I have.
Michael McBride: [smiling] Well, I like a lively girl.


Michael McBride: [singing] Have you ever seen the seagulls a-flyin' o'er the heather, or the crimson sails on Galway Bay the fishermen unfurl? Oh, the Earth is filled with beauty, and it's gathered all together in the form and face and dainty grace of a pretty Irish girl. Oh, she is my dear, my darling one, her eyes so sparklin' full of fun, no other, no other can match the likes of her! She is my dear, my darling one, my smilin' and beguilin' one; I love the ground she walks upon, my darling Irish girl!


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Facts about

Albert Sharpe did not know how to play the fiddle, so two professional musicians were hired to create the illusion. One handled the bowing and the other handled the frets while Sharpe kept his hands out of the way.
The leprechaun effects look very high tech and complicated, but most of them were achieved very simply by placing the "normal sized" actors closer to the camera than the "tiny" ones, and lining them up on the same horizontal plane through the lens so the distance between them could not be detected.
Walt Disney visited Ireland in December of 1948 and publicly announced the production of this film, then entitled simply, "The Little People". It would be another decade before the film was actually made.
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