Film Snail

5.5

Pot o' Gold

NR·1941·86m

Comedy

Music

Romance

Comedy

Music

Romance

Summary

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, 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. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.

Cast

James Stewart

James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell

Paulette Goddard

Molly McCorkle

Horace Heidt

Charles Winninger

Charles 'C.J.' Haskell

Mary Gordon

Mom McCorkle

Frank Melton

Jasper Backus

Jed Prouty

J.K. Louderman

Charles Arnt

Parks (butler)

James Flavin

Sheriff Bud Connolly

Dick Hogan

Willie McCorkle

James Burke

Lt. Grady

Donna Wood

Donna McCorkle

Larry Cotton

Larry Cotton, Vocalist

William H. O'Brien

Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

Beverly Andre

Alice (uncredited)

Herbert Ashley

Doorman (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Onlooker (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Prisoner (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Onlooker (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Streetsweeper (uncredited)

Aldrich Bowker

Judge Mike Murray (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Fruit & Vegetable Vendor (uncredited)

Frankie Carle

Frankie, Pianist (uncredited)

Art Carney

Band Member / Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll

Haskell's Secretary (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Sheriff (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)

Dick Dennis

Singer (uncredited)

Abe Dinovitch

Fish Peddler (uncredited)

Evelyn Dockson

Mrs. Sweeney (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Carlos Fernando

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

James Flavin

Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited)

John Frank

Drunken Cellmate (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Helga Svenson (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

William Gould

Chalmers (attorney) (uncredited)

Eddie Gribbon

Expressman (uncredited)

Paul Gustine

Minitor Man (uncredited)

Ray Hanson

Office in Courtroom (uncredited)

John Holland

Sponsor (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Drunken Cellmate (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Prospector (uncredited)

Roy Lester

Jitterbug (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Turnkey (uncredited)

Jewel McGowan

Jitterbug (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Jailer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

Mrs. Poppadolis (uncredited)

David Oliver

Drunken Cellmate (uncredited)

Max Ong

Wong Lung - Chinese laundry worker (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Canadian Guide (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Olaf Svenson (uncredited)

Purnell Pratt

Thompson (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

Announcer (uncredited)

Alvino Rey

Pedal Steel Guitar Player (uncredited)

Claire Rochelle

Mrs. Stevens - Mary's Mother (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Office in Anteroom (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Mr. Samson - Federal Inspector (uncredited)

Mel Ruick

Announcer (uncredited)

Mary Ruth

Mary Stevens - Gifted Little Piano Player (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

'Snooky' - Spieler (uncredited)

Harland Tucker

Sponsor (uncredited)

Fred Walburn

Boy in Doorway (uncredited)

Jay Ward

Boyfriend (uncredited)

Pat West

Trading Post Manager (uncredited)

George Whalley

Haskell's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Paul White

Bootblack (uncredited)

Katherine Yorke

Nightclub patron (uncredited)

Crew

Director

George Marshall

Screenplay

Walter DeLeon

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 25, 2022

There's loads going on in this musical caper with Jimmy Stewart as "Jimmy", a failed music shop owner who ends up working for his uncle "C.J" (Charles Winninger) who has a hate-hate relationship with the extended - and noisy - "McCorkle" family who live next door, and who are constantly practising their music - to the delight of the local community but to the chagrin of the old man. Stewart befriends the family, particularly the daughter "Molly" (Paulette Goddard) and is soon working to help them get gigs without his uncle knowing. When he has an opportunity to take over their one hour radio show, he gives them a chance to perform and events spiral out of control for all concerned. I'm not sure I'd want to be invited to a "McCorkle" supper, though - the musical preamble to their Irish stew must have rendered the dish stone cold by the time they actually started to eat it - and that summed up the whole effort, really: it's quite an engaging concept but without much pace, too many over-long set-piece musical routines, and at times it borders on the farcical. Stewart and Goddard have little, if any, chemistry between them and maybe it's only the redoubtable Mary Gordon "Ma McCorkle" who brings a bit of sparkle.