While the film “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” has a lot to talk about including phenomenal special effects and art by Peter Ellenshaw, fun music and a singing James Bond, today I want to talk about a bit of practical magic. Albert Sharpe, so wonderful at portraying Darby O’Gill was not so wonderful at playing the violin. But since it was a requirement for the story, 2 virtuoso violinists provided his hands during some of the shots… one controlling the bow and the other on the finger fret board… You can see them in action in the third picture above.

My thanks to King Brian of Knocknasheega and his Leprechauns, whose gracious co-operation made this blog posting possible as well as providing me with 3 dimes that were found in the dryer. – Doc Terminus