Mother Machree
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Mother Machree is a 1928
1928 in film
-Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...

 silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, directed by John Ford
John Ford
John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...

, based on a novel by Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970...

 about a poor Irish immigrant in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...

 had a minor role in the film.

Cast

  • Belle Bennett
    Belle Bennett
    Belle Bennett was a stage and screen actress who started her professional career in vaudeville. She was born in Milaca, Minnesota.-Stage actress:...

     as Mother Machree (Ellen McHugh)
  • Neil Hamilton as Brian McHugh, aka Brian van Studdiford
  • Victor McLaglen
    Victor McLaglen
    Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...

     as The Giant of Kilkenny (Terence O'Dowd)
  • Constance Howard
    Constance Howard
    Constance Howard was an American silent film actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Filmography:*Splendor .... Dinner Guest...

     as Edith Cutting
  • Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy was a former silent film era child actor.-Early life:Born during World War I, the already fatherless Philippe lost his mother and five siblings when a German shell devastated the family home...

     as Brian McHugh (as a child)
  • Ted McNamara as The Harper of Wexford
  • Billy Platt as The Dwarf of Munster (Pips) (billed as William Platt)
  • Eulalie Jensen
    Eulalie Jensen
    Eulalie Jensen was an actress on the New York stage and in silent films.Born in Chicago, she was selected as one of six extra girls from the 200 applicants responding to a New York newspaper ad inserted by Sarah Bernhardt. The famed actress was making a visit to New York City...

     as Rachel van Studdiford
  • Pat Somerset as Bobby de Puyster
  • John Wayne
    John Wayne
    Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...


See also

  • List of American films of 1928
  • John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)
    John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)
    The filmography of John Wayne from 1926 to 1940. John Wayne also acted in many films from 1941–1960 and 1961–1976.-Overview:John Wayne began working in films in 1926 as an extra, propman, and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation...

  • Lost films
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