Irish and Proud of It (film)
Irish and Proud of It is a 1936 British-Irish comedy film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Richard Hayward, Dinah Sheridan and Liam Gaffney.[1] In the film, a popular London-based Irish singer announces one evening how much he would love to go home to his home village in rural Ireland. For a prank, some of his friends take him up on this offer. He is kidnapped and deposited on a wild moor. He returns to the village of his youth, slightly disorientated, and battles an American gangster who has taken control of the settlement.
| Irish and Proud of It | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Donovan Pedelty |
| Produced by | Victor M. Greene Donovan Pedelty |
| Written by | Dorothea Donn-Byrne David Evans Donovan Pedelty |
| Starring | Richard Hayward Dinah Sheridan Liam Gaffney |
| Music by | Colin Wark |
| Cinematography | Germain Burger Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Hans Nieter |
Production company | Crusade Films |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 1936 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Irish Free State United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.[2]
Cast
- Richard Hayward - Donogh O'Connor
- Dinah Sheridan - Moira Flaherty
- Gwenllian Gill - Mary Johnson
- George Pembroke - Mike Finnegan
- Liam Gaffney - Sean Casey
- Herbert Thorpe - Benito Colombo
- Jimmy Mageean - Old Flaherty
References
- BFI.org
- Chibnall p.289
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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