Belle Bennett
Mother Machree
Mother Machree (1927)
"No blarney - This is a Gem from the EMERALD ISLE!"
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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.
John Ford
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Victor McLaglen
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Constance Howard
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Pat Somerset
Bobby De Puyster
Neil Hamilton
Brian
Aggie Herring
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John Wayne
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