Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

SHE SINGS! SHE DANCES!

NR 1936 · 73 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.

Directed by Lewis Seiler · Written by Lou Breslow

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