From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mother Machree
Mother Machree
Mother Machree Cast
• Belle Bennett as Mother Machree (Ellen McHugh)
• Neil Hamilton as Brian McHugh, aka Brian van
Studdiford
• Victor McLaglen as The Giant of Kilkenny (Terence
O’Dowd)
• Constance Howard as Edith Cutting
• Philippe De Lacy 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 as Rachel van Studdiford
• Pat Somerset as Bobby de Puyster
• John Wayne
Preservation
Only 3 reels out 7 of this movie survive, the other 4 are
lost.
Directed by John Ford (uncredited) See also
Produced by John Ford • List of American films of 1928
Written by Rida Johnson Young • John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)
• Lost films
Starring Belle Bennett
Neil Hamilton
Cinematography Chester A. Lyons
References
[1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Mother Machree".
Editing by H.H. Caldwell
Katherine Hilliker Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/
M/MotherMachree1928.html. Retrieved
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation 2008-03-01.
Release date(s) 22 January 1928
Running time 75 minutes External links
Country United States • Mother Machree at the Internet Movie Database
Language English
Budget $750,000 (estimated)
Mother Machree is a 1928 silent film, directed by John
Ford, based on a novel by Rida Johnson Young about a
poor Irish immigrant in America. John Wayne had a mi-
nor role in the film.[1]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mother Machree
Categories:
• 1928 films
• American films
• American silent feature films
• Black-and-white films
• 1920s drama films
• Films directed by John Ford
• 20th Century Fox films
• Silent drama film stubs
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