''Lily of Killarney'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by

Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...

and starring

John Garrick John Garrick (born Reginald Dandy; 31 August 1902 – 22 October 1966) was a British stage and screen actor. Born in Brighton, England, Dandy attended that city's schools and Brighton College. Dandy made his first stage appearance at t ...

Gina Malo Gina Malo (born Janet Flynn; June 1, 1909 – November 30, 1963) was an American film actress, born Janet Flynn in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in a number of British films in the 1930s, often playing an American. Early career Though born i ...

and

Leslie Perrins Leslie Perrins (7 October 1901 – 13 December 1962) was an English actor who often played villains. After training at RADA, he was on stage from 1922, and in his long career, appeared in well over 60 films. Hobbies Perrins and wife Violet w ...

. The film was made at

Twickenham Studios Twickenham Studios (formerly known as Twickenham Film Studios) is a film studio in St Margarets, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, that is used by various motion picture and television companies. It was established in 1913 by Ralph ...

.Wood p.78 It is based on the play '' The Colleen Bawn'' by the Irish writer Dion Boucicault. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter.

Plot

In Ireland a poor aristocrat hires a half-wit to drown his secret wife so he can wed an heiress.

Cast

as Sir Patrick Cregeen *

as Eileen O'Connor *

as Sir James Corrigan *

Dennis Hoey Dennis Hoey (born Samuel David Hyams, 30 March 1893 – 25 July 1960) was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in six films of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. Early life Hoey was born Samuel David ...

as Myles-Na-Coppaleen *

Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in ''My F ...

as Father O'Flynn *

Sara Allgood Sarah Ellen Allgood (30 October 1880 – 13 September 1950), known as Sara Allgood, was an Irish-American actress. She first studied drama with the Irish nationalist Daughters of Ireland and was at the opening of the Irish National Theatre Soc ...

as Mrs. O'Connor * D.J. Williams as Danny Mann * Hughes Macklin as Shan, the shepherd * John Mortimer as Tim O'Brien * Dorothy Boyd as Norah Cregeen * Pat Noonan as Chief Constable James Collins * A. Bromley Davenport as Lord Kenmore * Pat Williams * Percy Honri * Pamela May as Ann Chute

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1934 films British musical films 1934 musical films 1930s English-language films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Films directed by Maurice Elvey Films set in Ireland British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{UK-musical-film-stub