Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Directors

Norman Taurog

Cast

Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail

The story

In Ireland, Jerry Kelly marries his sweetheart Nellie Noonan over the objections of her ne'er-do-well father Michael Noonan, who swears never to speak to Jerry again, even though he reluctantly accompanies the newlyweds to the U.S., where Jerry becomes a policeman and all three become citizens. Michael continues to hold his grudge against Jerry even when Nellie dies shortly after giving birth to her daughter, also named Nellie. Years later, Jerry is now a captain on the police force, and Nellie has grown up as the spitting image of her mother.

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