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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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Quotes from Darby O'Gill and the Little People

[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 is about to go after the horse; Michael tries to stop her]
Katie O'Gill: Get out of my way!
Michael McBride: Leave that horse alone.
Katie O'Gill: Do you think I'd stay under your roof another night?
Michael McBride: I'll go to the inn!
Katie O'Gill: You can go to blazes! I'm movin' to the McCarthy house!
Michael McBride: With night comin' down on that mountainside you could get yourself killed! Now give me that halter. I'll get the horse.
[she pulls away, he tries to stop her; she hits him across the face with the halter and runs out after the horse]


[Katie is lost on Knocknasheega; a ghostly wail is heard]
Darby O'Gill: The banshee!
Michael McBride: Maybe it's just the wind.
Darby O'Gill: It's the wail of the banshee, the same as I heard the night Katie's mother was taken! She'll be destroyed entirely!


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Facts about Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Jimmy O'Dea and the other actors who played leprechauns were not given any screen credit, nor did Walt Disney allow any other material to be published about them in the marketing for the film. Disney's intention was to give the illusion he was using real leprechauns for the filming. Disney even went so far as to film the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode, "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" (#5.26), in which he and "Darby" (Albert Sharpe) manage to corner King Brian and convince him to participate in the film along with his people.
Walt Disney started planning for this movie in the 1940s. After World War II, Disney sent several artists to Ireland for background material.
The death of Kieron Moore (Pony Sugrue) on July 15, 2007 leaves Sean Connery (Michael McBride) as the film's last surviving cast member.
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