Mountains O'Mourne
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| Directed by | Harry Hughes |
| Written by | Gerald Brosnan Daisy L. Fielding |
| Produced by | Harry Hughes |
| Starring | Rene Ray Niall MacGinnis Jerry Verno |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Cecil H. Williamson |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production companies | Rembrandt Film Productions Butcher's Film Service |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £10,108[1] |
Mountains O'Mourne is a 1938 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Rene Ray, Niall MacGinnis and Jerry Verno.[2] It was shot at Walton Studios near London.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul. The title is a reference to the song The Mountains of Mourne, a common theme from films produced by Butcher's Film Service. The screenplay concerns two Irish families evicted from their properties.
Plot summary
Two Irish families are evicted from their properties, but their children raise the money to regain them.
Partial Cast
- Rene Ray as Mary Macree
- Niall MacGinnis as Paddy Kelly
- Jerry Verno as Dip Evans
- Betty Ann Davies as Violet Mayfair
- Charles Oliver as Errol Finnegan
- Hamilton Keene as O'Rourke
- Kaye Seeley as Peter O'Loughlin
- Maire O'Neill as Maura Macree
- Eve Lynd as Nikita Findley
- Freda Jackson as Biddy O'Hara
- Alexander Butler as Tim Kelly
References
- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 479.
- ^ "Mountains o'Mourne". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Wood p.99
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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