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"Peg o' My Heart"
by J. Hartley Manners

Title  Peg o' My Heart
Beneath the surface this light comedy lurks the perennial saga of the English/Irish conflict. Or is it class conflict disguised. The Peg of the title learns she is the heir to an English estate. Thus the young Irish lass from a quaint fishing village is plucked up by an upper-crusty English clan. All she must do to inherit a fortune is learn manners, use proper English, and leave her family for life. At first glance this separation clause in the will just seems like a mean trick. On further inspection it reveals the deep hatred of Irish culture by the English. And speaking of English... The British-bashing tropes abound including: the Woodhouse-esque young dandy endlessly spouting inane slang; the petrified (as in wood) matriarch constantly correcting, controlling, and conniving; and the rule-bound lawyer urging the spirit, while enforcing the letter of the law. Peg navigates them all with grace creating one of film's first screwball comedies and, I might add, one of the first feel-good movies.			Click picture for more info
Year   1933	Type   Romance	Rating
Director  Robert Z. Leonard		Writer   Frank R. Adams
Cast   Marion Davies, Onslow Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton, Irene Browne, Tyrell Davis, Mutt (dog)