This is one of the most fun threads I have read in a long while.

Cluin......I am prepared to do battle with ye for the fair hand of Ms. O'Hara. Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women to ever grace this planet. And I love a woman with that attitude. Hard to tell which I love more, her or Kate Hepburn. Heaven would be sitting in a comfortable room, a bottle of 12 year old Jameson, and these two fascinating people to talk to all night. I could die a happy man.

I have loved this film forever, but I must admit to flinching everytime Wayne lights up. I hated that man's politics, and couldn't care less for most of his films. But old Marion Michael Morrison played this one well.

I agree completely that Barry Fitzgerald was the major force in this movie. It is the small mutterings, facial expressions, and body movements that absolutely slay me.

And, of course, the real star of this movie was auld Ireland herself. The beauty of the land of my Grandparents is exquisite.

All the best,

Mick