The Hills of Donegal (film)
Encyclopedia
The Hills of Donegal is a 1947 British
drama film
directed by John Argyle
and starring Dinah Sheridan
, James Etherington and Moore Marriott
. A young Irish woman abandons a promising career as singer to get married, but soon discovers her husband is not the man she thought he was.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by John Argyle
John Argyle
John Argyle was a British screenwriter, producer and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* The Last Tide * Paradise Alley * The Final Reckoning * This Man Is Dangerous...
and starring Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
, James Etherington and Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
. A young Irish woman abandons a promising career as singer to get married, but soon discovers her husband is not the man she thought he was.
Cast
- Dinah SheridanDinah SheridanDinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
... Eileen Hannay - James Etherington ... Michael O'Keefe
- Moore MarriottMoore MarriottMoore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
... Old Jake - John BentleyJohn Bentley (actor)John Bentley was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera Crossroads. He also starred in the jungle adventure series African Patrol as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances...
... Terry O'Keefe - Brendan Clegg ... Paddy Hannay
- Irene HandlIrene Handl-Life:Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike...
... Mrs. Mactavish - Tamara DesniTamara DesniTamara Desni was a German-born British actress.-Biography:Born as Tamara Brodsky, the daughter of actress Xenia Desni, Tamara Desni was born in Berlin....
... Carole Wells - Maire O'NeillMaire O'Neill-External links:**...
... Hannah - Robert ArdenRobert ArdenRobert Arden was an English-born film, television and radio actor who worked and lived mostly in the United States....
... Daniel