1927
6.2 (9 votes)
1h 15m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Fox Film Corporation
Mother Machree
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.
Key Crew
Director: John Ford
Story: Rida Johnson Young
Director of Photography: Chester A. Lyons
Producer: John Ford
Top Cast
Belle Bennett
Mother Machree
Victor McLaglen
The Giant of Kilkenny
Philippe De Lacy
Brian - Child
Ted McNamara
The Harper of Wexford
Billy Platt
The Dwarf of Munster
Eulalie Jensen
Miss Van Studdiford
Constance Howard
Mrs. Cutting
Pat Somerset
Bobby De Puyster
