Mother Machree
19/12/1927
1h 15m



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.
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


Neil Hamilton
Brian


Aggie Herring
Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)


John Wayne
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