''The Irish Honeymoon'' is a 1911 American silent film produced by

Kalem Company The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907 in film, 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem ...

and distributed by General Film. It was directed by

Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great direc ...

with himself and

Gene Gauntier Gene Gauntier (born Genevieve Gauntier Liggett, August 26, 1885 – December 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director, and actress in films from mid 190 ...

in the leading roles.

Cast

- Maggie McClusky *

- Larry Malone

Production notes

* The film was shot in Ireland: Queenstown, Cork, Blarney Castle, Muckross abbey, Gap of Dunloe, Killarney lakes, Glencairn, Dublin *

Richard Croker Richard Welstead Croker (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922), known as "Boss Croker," was an Irish American political boss who was a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall. His control over the city was cemented with the 1897 election of ...

, old

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leader, appears in the film.

References

* Michel Derrien, ''Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil'', TIR 2013. * Denis Condon,
Touristic Work and Pleasure: The Kalem Company in Killarney
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External links

*
''The Irish Honeymoon''
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