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The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film)

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Director
  
Sidney Olcott

Country
  
United States

4.2/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film) The Colleen Bawn 1911 A Silent Film Review Movies Silently

Release date
  
October 16, 1911 (1911-10-16)

Based on
  
play The Colleen Bawn  by Dion Boucicault

Writer
  
Dion Boucicault (play), Gene Gauntier

The colleen bawn 1911


The Colleen Bawn is a silent 1911 American romantic drama film based on the 1860 play of the same name. A secret marriage leads to murder. It and the play are based on the actual 1819 murder of 15-year-old Ellen Scanlan.

Contents

Prints of this film survive in the National Archives of Canada, and the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection has one reel.

Cast

  • Gene Gauntier as Eily O'Connor, the "Colleen Bawn"
  • J.P. McGowan as Hardress Cregan
  • Sidney Olcott as Danny Mann
  • Jack J. Clark as Myles na Copaleen
  • Alice Hollister as Anne Chute
  • Arthur Donaldson as Father Tom
  • Robert G. Vignola as Mr. Corrigan
  • Agnes Mapes as Mrs. Cregan
  • Anna Clark as Sheelah

    • Production

    The film was shot in Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland, during the summer of 1911.

    References

    The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film) IMDb The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film) themoviedb.org


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