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Mother Machree

No blarney - This is a Gem from the EMERALD ISLE!

NR Drama

Starring: Belle Bennett, Victor McLaglen, Philippe De Lacy, Ted McNamara, Billy Platt

Writer: Rida Johnson Young, Gertrude Orr, H.H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker

Release Date:
December 19, 1927
Ratings:
6.2 / 10
Director:
John Ford
Companies:
Fox Film Corporation

Overview

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.