Mother Machree

Mother Machree

75 mins | Drama | Dec. 19, 1927

Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.

Mother Machree

75 mins | Drama | Dec. 19, 1927

Mother Machree

Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.

IMDb rating	5.5
Producers	Fox Film Corporation
Original title	Mother Machree
Directors	Edward O'Fearna, John Ford
Writers	Rida Johnson Young, H.H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker, Gertrude Orr

Cast

Belle Bennett

as Mother Machree

Victor McLaglen

as The Giant of Kilkenny

Philippe De Lacy

as Brian - Child

Ted McNamara

as The Harper of Wexford

Billy Platt

as The Dwarf of Munster

Eulalie Jensen

as Miss Van Studdiford

Constance Howard

as Mrs. Cutting

Pat Somerset

as Bobby De Puyster

Neil Hamilton

as Brian

John Wayne

as Extra (uncredited)

Aggie Herring

as Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)