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Mother Machree (1927)
Directed by John Ford
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.
Rated NR | Length 75 minutes
Actors
Belle Bennett | Victor McLaglen | Philippe De Lacy | Ted McNamara | Billy Platt | Eulalie Jensen | Constance Howard | Pat Somerset | Neil Hamilton | Aggie Herring | John Wayne