Pot o' Gold

1941
Approved
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, and Charles Winninger in Pot o' Gold (1941)

Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.

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Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music a... Read allJimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Parks
(as Charlie Arnt)

Dick Hogan

Willie McCorkle

James Burke

Lt. Grady

Donna Wood

Donna McCorkle

Larry Cotton

Larry Cotton, Vocalist

Beverly Andre

Alice
(uncredited)

Herbert Ashley

Doorman
(uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Onlooker
(uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Prisoner
(uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Onlooker
(uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Streetsweeper
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Jerry Adler, younger brother of Larry Adler, taught James Stewart how to hold the harmonica and mime its playing for the movie, and was the person who performed the music supposedly done by Stewart, who continued playing the instrument after the movie wrapped.

Goofs
As Jimmy follows Molly to the house, the bag of apples is held waist-high by the bottom of the bag. In the closer shot, the bag has disappeared and his hand is down by his side. When he brings the bag back into view, he is holding it at the top, whereas previously he held it by the bottom.

Quotes
Molly McCorkle: You've heard of the Hatfields and the McCoys?
Jimmy Haskell: Yeah.
Molly McCorkle: Well this is a fight between the Haskells and the McCorkles.

Connections
Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Pot O' Gold (2022)

Soundtracks
Hi, Cy, What's A-Cookin'?
(uncredited)
Written by Henry Russell and Louis Forbes
Performed by various characters

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Featured review

8/10

Toe Tapping Silliness

I have a Super 8 Sound print of this gem, and it has been an audience favorite for years at my "Movie Nights"-- no figuring out an involved, complicated plot-- Jimmy is a nice guy, Paulette is gorgeous, and the movie mesmerizes the audience with the corny comedy, predictable outcomes and more than memorable music (who can forget "With a Knife, A Fork, and A Spoon"?) This is Hollywood escapism to the Nth degree-- songs that work, sets that satisfy and a story line as simple as a Hallmark card, all of it embellished with two young and energetic stars surrounded by the musical genius of Horace Heidt and his crew. I haven't screened this one in years, but I plan to show it soon enough--a perfect example of why movies always beat reality.