Mountains O'Mourne

Mountains O'Mourne
Directed byHarry Hughes
Written byGerald Brosnan
Daisy L. Fielding
Produced byHarry Hughes
StarringRene Ray
Niall MacGinnis
Jerry Verno
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byCecil H. Williamson
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
companies
Rembrandt Film Productions
Butcher's Film Service
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£10,108[1]

Mountains O'Mourne is a 1938 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Rene Ray, Niall MacGinnis and Jerry Verno.[2] It was shot at Walton Studios near London.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul. The title is a reference to the song The Mountains of Mourne, a common theme from films produced by Butcher's Film Service. The screenplay concerns two Irish families evicted from their properties.

Plot summary

Two Irish families are evicted from their properties, but their children raise the money to regain them.

Partial Cast

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 479.
  2. ^ "Mountains o'Mourne". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ Wood p.99

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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