''Brennan of the Moor'' is a 1913 American silent short
drama film
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on the life of the
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
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***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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highwayman
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Willy Brennan, directed by Edward Warren and produced by the
Solax Studios
Solax Studios was an American motion-picture studio founded in 1910 by executives from the Gaumont Film Company of France. Alice Guy-Blaché, her husband Herbert Blaché, Herbert, and a third partner, George A. Magie, established the Solax Compan ...
. It was distributed by Exclusive Supply Corporation.
Print held by the Library of Congress.
Progressive Silent Film List: ''Brennan of the Moor''
at silentera.com
Cast
*Barney Gilmore as Brennan of the Moor
*Marian Swayne
Marian Swayne (July 9, 1891 - August 21, 1973) was an American stage and film actress.
Biography
Swayne began her career with the Solax Studios in 1911 under the tutelage of Alice Guy-Blaché.
In 1917, J. Arthur Nelson, president of Dominion F ...
as Lady Betty
*Joseph Levering
Joseph Levering (1874–1943) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director.Pitts p.82 He was married to the actress Marian Swayne.
Selected filmography Director
* ''The Little American'' (1917)
* ''Little Miss Fortune'' (1917)
* ''The ...
as Lt. Hume
References
External links
*
View incomplete print of film
at silentera.com (Dutch intertitles)
1913 films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1913 short films
1913 drama films
Silent American drama films
1910s American films
American drama short films
1910s English-language films
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