It’s the “come hither” King Brian will be putting on you, on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, as we settle in with our clay pipes, and with our pints in our fists, to discuss “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” (1959).
Walt Disney’s tall tale about the wee folk makes clever use of matte paintings and forced perspective shots of a type later embraced by Peter Jackson in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. But no special effect can disguise a 29 year-old Sean Connery, singing and flashing his dimples, as he attempts to handle a scythe.
Draw we round the cheerful ring. Two days after St. Paddy’s, we’ll be doling out the blarney, and laughing and weeping and donnybrooking for 60 hours and counting. Leave an eight-pack of Guinness in the comments section. There’s a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow, as we livestream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT.