Mother Machree
5.5
“No blarney - This is a Gem from the EMERALD ISLE!”
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.
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Belle Bennett
Mother Machree
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John Ford Director · Rida Johnson Young Story Chester A. Lyons Cinematographer
Budget $750K · United States release January 22, 1928 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$750,000
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production · Distribution
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 19, 1927
Theatrical
United States · January 22, 1928
Theatrical
Finland
December 19, 1928
France
February 1, 1929
Portugal
July 17, 1929
Sweden
March 15, 1928
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