''His Mother'' is a 1912 American silent film produced by
Kalem Company. It was directed by
Sidney Olcott with
Gene Gauntier and
Jack J. Clark in the leading roles. It was one of more than a dozen films produced by the Kalem Company filmed in
Ireland for American audiences.
Plot
Terence, a violin player living in the Irish country side with his mother, is overheard by a group of passing Americans, including the banker John Foster who recognizes him as a musical genius and asks him to come to New York. After a few months, Terence's mother gives him her life savings to book passage for him to travel to America. He becomes a success, but rarely thinks of his mother. Pining for her son, his mother receives help from a parish priest and is able to follow him to New York. After seeing him in concert at the opera house, a stagehand guides her to Terence's house, where a butler refuses to let them in. When Terence learns of his mother, he rushes from his dinner with his friends and tearfully embraces her. He presents her to his friends, where they drink a toast to her.
Cast
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Jack J. Clark - Terence
* Anna Clark - Terence's Mother
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Gene Gauntier - John Foster's Daughter
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J.P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directo ...
- John Foster
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Robert G. Vignola
Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director. A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later mov ...
- The Priest
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Alice Hollister
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Arthur Donaldson
Arthur William Donaldson (13 December 1901 – 18 January 1993) was a Scottish journalist and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was leader of the Scottish National Party from 1960 to 1969.
Early years
Donaldson was born in Dundee, ...
Production notes
The film was shot in
Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland, and in New York, during the summer of 1911, with interior shots filmed in New York.
Anna Clark is real Jack J. Clark's mother.
References
Further reading
* Michel Derrien, ''Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil'', TIR 2013.
External links
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''His Mother''website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
Restored filmby
Trinity College, Dublin
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, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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1912 films
Silent American drama films
American silent short films
Films set in Ireland
Films shot in Ireland
Films directed by Sidney Olcott
Kalem Company films
1912 short films
1912 drama films
American black-and-white films
1910s American films
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