Jimmy O'Dea

Seeking a pot of gold, Darby O'Gill must match wits with a leprechaun.

Director John Ford, acclaimed actor Tyrone Power, and the players of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre bring to life three stories about Ireland that reveal the fierce pride, the unrestrained gaiety, and the unending devotion of the Irish people. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer is assigned to arrest an Irish curmudgeon who hit the neighbor who sold him a lousy batch of homemade whiskey. Set at a train station, "A Minute's Wait" offers a humorous look at Irish conceptions of time as a train's brief scheduled stop to pick up some lobsters for an important dinner stretches out into a long, leisurely pause. The final vignette, "1921," tells the story of the elaborate rescue of an Irish patriot from prison.

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, starring Pat O’Brien and Walt Disney. Walt Disney really proves himself an actor in this show. He learns about Irish traditions and customs from O’Brien, then heads to Ireland where he meets King Brian of the Leprechauns and Darby O’Gill. He loves their stories so much, he invites them back to California to star in his movie.