[2][3] The screenplay by Earl Baldwin and John Tucker Battle is based on a story by E. A. Ellington.

The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by Damon Runyon for 20th Century Fox.

[4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1944.

The movie is a musical account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, a gifted composer of many popular Irish songs, including the titular one.

Irish Eyes Are Smiling was presented on Lux Radio Theatre March 15, 1948.