Mother Machree (1927)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 19, 1927Release Date
Mother Machree (1927)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 19, 1927Release Date
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Plot.
Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.
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Cast & Crew.
Victor McLaglen
The Giant of Kilkenny
Belle Bennett
Mother Machree
Neil Hamilton
Brian
Ted McNamara
The Harper of Wexford
Philippe De Lacy
Brian - as a Child
Billy Platt
The Dwarf of Munster
Pat Somerset
Bobby De Puyster
Eulalie Jensen
Miss Van Studdiford
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Wiki.
Mother Machree is a 1928 American silent drama film, directed by John Ford, based on the 1924 work The Story of Mother Machree by Rida Johnson Young about a poor Irish immigrant in America. Rida Johnson Young had invented Mother Machree in the stage show Barry of Ballymoore in 1910. John Wayne had a minor role in the film.