Lily of Killarney (1929 film)
Lily of Killarney | |
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Directed by | George Ridgwell |
Written by | Dion Boucicault (play) George Ridgwell |
Starring | Cecil Landau Barbara Gott Edward O'Neill Dennis Wyndham |
Production company | British International Pictures |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | February 1929 |
Running time | 6,100 feet[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Lily of Killarney is a 1929 British drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Landau, Barbara Gott and Dennis Wyndham. The film is based on the play by Dion Boucicault, The Colleen Bawn, and is set in the Irish town of Killarney in the nineteenth century.[2]
Plot[]
A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.
Cast[]
- Cecil Landau as Hardress Cregan
- Barbara Gott as Sheelah
- Edward O'Neill as Corrigan
- Gillian Dean as Ann Chute
- as Eily O'Connor
- Wilfred Shine as Father Tom
- as Danny Mann
- Dennis Wyndham as Myles-na-Coppaleen
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1920s British film stubs
- 1929 films
- 1920s historical drama films
- British historical drama films
- British films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- English-language films
- British films based on plays
- Films set in Ireland
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films directed by George Ridgwell
- British black-and-white films