Irish and Proud of It is a 1936 British-Irish comedy film directed and co-written 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.
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| Directed by | Donovan Pedelty |
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| Edited by | Hans Nieter |
| Music by | Colin Wark |
Production company | Crusade Films |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 1936 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
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| Language | English |
It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.[2]
Cast edit
- Richard Hayward as Donogh O'Connor
- Dinah Sheridan as Moira Flaherty
- Gwenllian Gill as Mary Johnson
- George Pembroke as Mike Finnegan
- Liam Gaffney as Sean Casey
- Herbert Thorpe as Benito Colombo
- Jimmy Mageean as Old Flaherty
References edit
Bibliography edit
- 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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