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Maureen Delany
Maureen Barry O'Delany (1 December 1888 – 27 March 1961), professionally known as Maureen Delany and also billed as Maureen Delaney, was an Irish stage actress and screen actress of British films Life and career She was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, daughter of Barry Delany, who died when she was three months old. She was educated in Galway and originally intended to train for the opera, as she had a fine singing voice. However, she was accepted into the Abbey School of Acting by Lennox Robinson. She made her debut on the stage in Edward McNulty's comedy ''The Lord Mayor'' in 1914. She quickly gained a reputation as a noted comic actress and singer. She became identified with Maisie Madigan in '' Juno and the Paycock'' and Bessie Burgess in ''The Plough and the Stars'' (both by Seán O'Casey), as well as the Widow Quin in Synge's ''Playboy of the Western World''. In 1959 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her part in the play ''God and Kate Murphy''. She also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilkenny is a tourist destination, and its environs include historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory. Kilkenny is also known for its craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public gardens and museums. Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Kilkenny Roots Festival. Kilkenny began with an early 6th-century ecclesiastical foundation within the Kingdom of Ossory. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Boycott (film)
''Captain Boycott'' is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and Cecil Parker. Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell. The film explains how the word boycott appeared in the English language. Ironically, the title character plays a secondary role in the film, as an anti-hero, and the hero of the film is Hugh Davin. Plot In 1880 in County Mayo, during the period of Irish history known as the Land War, Irish tenant farmers agitated for reinstatement of their former lower rents and increased tenants' rights, especially from absentee English landlords. They particularly resented evictions. Some resorted to the gun to achieve justice, but others, inspired by the Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell (played in a brief cameo role by Robert Donat), shunned violence and adopted a form of passive resistance. Parnell advocates the theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scamp
''The Scamp'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Richard Attenborough, Terence Morgan, Colin Petersen, and Dorothy Alison. It was based on the play, "Uncertain Joy," by Charlotte Hastings. It was released in the U.S. as ''Strange Affection''. Synopsis A schoolteacher and his wife take in the tempestuous child of an abusive drifter. When the father returns their lives become complicated by issues of corporal punishment, physical abuse, strained relations and various crimes. Cast * Richard Attenborough as Stephen Leigh * Dorothy Alison as Barbara Leigh * Colin Petersen as Tod Dawson * Terence Morgan as Mike Dawson * Jill Adams as Julie Dawson * Maureen Delany as Mrs. Perryman * Margaretta Scott as Mrs. Blundell * David Franks as Eddie * Geoffrey Keen as Headmaster * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Beamish * June Cunningham as Annette * Sam Kydd as Shopkeeper * Victor Brooks as Inspector Birch Critical reception ''TV Guide'' wrote, "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Esther Costello
''The Story of Esther Costello'' is a 1957 British drama film starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, and Heather Sears. The film is an exposé of large-scale fundraising. ''The Story of Esther Costello'' was produced by David Miller and Jack Clayton, with Miller directing. The screenplay by Charles Kaufman was based on the 1952 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot With her marriage to womaniser Carlo Landi (Rossano Brazzi) in ashes, wealthy and childless Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford) finds an emotional outlet in patronizing a 15-year-old deaf, dumb, and blind Irish girl named Esther Costello (Heather Sears). Esther's disabilities are the result of a childhood trauma and are psychosomatic rather than physical. As Costello makes progress with Braille and sign language, she is seen as an example of triumph over adversity. Carlo gets wind of Margaret's new life and re-enters the scene. He views Esther as a source of cheap financial gain an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rising Of The Moon (film)
''The Rising of the Moon'' is a 1957 Irish anthology film directed by John Ford.''Harrison's Reports''; 13 July 1957, p. 111. It consists of three episodes all set in Ireland: *"The Majesty of the Law", based on the short story of that title by Frank O'Connor in '' Bones of Contention'' *"A Minute's Wait", based on a 1914 one-act comedy by Martin J. McHugh *"1921", based on the play '' The Rising of the Moon'' by Lady Gregory. Plot The Majesty of the Law Police Inspector Dillon (Cyril Cusack) reluctantly sets out walking through the countryside to see an old friend, Dan O'Flaherty ( Noel Purcell). Along the way, he encounters Mickey J. (Jack MacGowran), a poitín maker (bootlegger) who is not Dillon's target, but accompanies Dillon to O'Flaherty's stone cottage where Dillon serves O'Flaherty a warrant for striking Phelim O'Feeney. While they are all congenially drinking and socializing inside O'Flaherty's cottage, O'Flaherty refuses to pay the fine, as he feels he has done not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Arm (film)
''The Long Arm'' (USA: ''The Third Key'') is a 1956 British film noir police procedural crime film starring Jack Hawkins. The film, which was based on a screenplay by Robert Barr and Janet Green, was directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. It was shot on location in London and Snowdonia in North Wales. Two years later Hawkins played a similar role in John Ford's ''Gideon's Day'', a film based on books by John Creasey. Plot When police respond to a burglar alarm at premises in Long Acre, Central London, they find nothing amiss after meeting the nightwatchman, who allows them to search the premises. However, the next day the safe, which had been opened with a key, is found empty. Supt Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins) and his new Detective Sergeant Ward ( John Stratton), begin searching for the fraudulent nightwatchman. Halliday eventually concludes that the false nightwatchman has committed 14 safe-breaking jobs across the country, all on the same type of safe, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline (1956 Film)
''Jacqueline'' is a 1956 British drama film shot in Belfast and directed by Roy Ward Baker. It is based on the novel ''The Grand Man'' (1954) by Catherine Cookson. Plot Steel worker Mike McNeil's drinking spirals out of control when he loses his job due to vertigo at the Belfast shipyard. But his devoted young daughter Jacqueline vows to help him. She attempts to persuade a tough land-owner to give her troubled dad another chance. Cast Critical reception Britmovie called the film "gushingly sentimental"; while Sky Movies Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema ... called it "a likeable little drama with earnest performances and atmospheric background detail." References External links * 1956 films 1956 drama films Northern Irish films British drama films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The March Hare (1956 Film)
''The March Hare'' is a 1956 UK, British comedy film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Martita Hunt and Cyril Cusack. The film follows the efforts in Ireland to turn a seemingly useless racing horse, called The March Hare, into a Epsom Derby, Derby-winner. Plot The film begins at Royal Ascot. Sir Charles Hare (Terence Morgan) is an Irish baronet who loses his ancestral home and its racing stables after someone fixes a race that Hare has gambled on. Forced to sell his estate, he decides to stay on when the new American owner's attractive daughter Pat (Peggy Cummins) mistakes him for a groom. Playing along with her mistake, romance develops between the two. Meanwhile, Hare's aunt Lady Anne (Martita Hunt) and his friend Col Keene (Wilfrid Hyde-White), save one colt from the sale, and rear it with the help of Mangan (Cyril Cusack), who is invariably drunk but has strong control over the horse by invoking the power of the fairies. Hare nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holly And The Ivy (film)
''The Holly and the Ivy'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, and Margaret Leighton with Denholm Elliott, John Gregson and Hugh Williams also in the cast. It was adapted from the 1950 play of the same name by Wynyard Browne. Produced by Anatole de Grunwald and co-scripted by Browne and de Grunwald it was distributed by British Lion Films. It is about an Irish clergyman whose neglect of his grown offspring, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London with sets designed by the art director Vincent Korda. Actresses Margaret Halstan and Maureen Delany reprised their roles from the stage. It was released in the United States in 1954 by the independent Pacemaker Pictures. Plot It is traditional for the widespread Gregory family to return home for Christmas at the parsonage in the remote village of Wynde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night And The City
''Night and the City'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the Night and the City (novel), novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studios, the plot revolves around an ambitious charlatan, hustler who meets continuous failures. Dassin later confessed that he had never read the novel upon which the film is based. In an interview appearing on The Criterion Collection DVD release, Dassin recalls that the casting of Tierney was in response to a request by Darryl Zanuck, who was concerned that personal problems had rendered the actress "suicidal" and hoped that work would improve her state of mind. The film's British version was five minutes longer, with a more upbeat ending and featuring a completely different film score. Dassin endorsed the American version as closer to his vision. The film contains a very tough and prolonged fight scene between Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Capricorn
''Under Capricorn'' is a 1949 British historical thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a couple in Australia who started out as lady and stable boy in Ireland, and who are now bound together by a horrible secret. The film is based on the play by John Colton and Margaret Linden, which in turn is based on the novel '' Under Capricorn'' (1937) by Helen Simpson. The screenplay was written by James Bridie from an adaptation by Hume Cronyn. This was Hitchcock's second film in Technicolor, and like his preceding color film ''Rope'' (1948), it features 9- and 10-minute long takes. The film is set in colonial Sydney, New South Wales, Australia during the early 19th century. ''Under Capricorn'' is one of several Hitchcock films that are not typical thrillers: instead it is a mystery involving a love triangle. Although the film is not exactly a murder mystery, it does feature a previous killing, a "wrong man" scenario, a sinister housekeeper, class conflict, and very high lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints And Sinners (1949 Film)
''Saints and Sinners'' is a 1949 British comedy drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Kieron Moore, Christine Norden and Sheila Manahan. The film follows life in small Irish town, where a man is wrongly accused of theft. Filmed on location in and around Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland. Cast * Kieron Moore - Michael Kissane * Christine Norden - Blanche * Sheila Manahan - Sheila Flaherty * Michael J. Dolan - Canon * Maire O'Neill - Ma Murnaghan * Tom Dillon - O'Brien * Noel Purcell - Flaherty * Pamela Arliss - Betty * Edward Byrne - Barney Downey * Sheila Ward- Clothing woman * Eric Gorman - Madigan * Eddie Byrne - Norreys * Liam Redmond - O'Driscoll * Tony Quinn - Berry * Cecilia McKevitt - Maeve * Sheila Richards- Eileen O' Hara * Anita Bolster Anita Sharp-Bolster (28 August 1895 – 1 June 1985) was an Irish-born American actress who appeared in 88 films and 12 TV series from 1928 to 1978. She was sometimes billed as Anita Bolster. Early life She was born 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
