Mother Machree

Dec 19, 1927

1h 15m

★ 6.2

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Mother Machree

Belle Bennett

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Victor McLaglen

Brian - Child

Philippe De Lacy

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Ted McNamara

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Billy Platt

Miss Van Studdiford

Eulalie Jensen

Mrs. Cutting

Constance Howard

Bobby De Puyster

Pat Somerset

Brian

Neil Hamilton

Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)

Aggie Herring

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