''Mountains O'Mourne'' is a 1938 British

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directed by

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and starring Rene Ray,

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and Jerry Verno. It was shot at Walton Studios near London.Wood p.99 The film's sets were designed by the

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R. Holmes Paul. The title is a reference to the song '' The Mountains of Mourne'', a common theme from films produced by Butcher's Film Service. The screenplay concerns two Irish families evicted from their properties.

Plot summary

Two Irish families are evicted from their properties, but their children raise the money to regain them.

Partial Cast

* Rene Ray as Mary Macree *

as Paddy Kelly * Jerry Verno as Dip Evans *

Betty Ann Davies Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 – 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Yo ...

as Violet Mayfair * Charles Oliver as Errol Finnegan *

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as O'Rourke * Kaye Seeley as Peter O'Loughlin *

Maire O'Neill Maire O'Neill (born Mary Agnes Allgood; 11 January 1886 – 2 November 1952) was an Irish actress of stage and film. She holds a place in theatre history as the first actress to interpret the lead character of Pegeen Mike Flaherty in John Mill ...

as Maura Macree * Eve Lynd as Nikita Findley * Freda Jackson as Biddy O'Hara * Alexander Butler as Tim Kelly

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1938 films Films directed by Harry Hughes Films set in Ireland 1938 musical films British black-and-white films British musical films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Butcher's Film Service films Films shot at Nettlefold Studios English-language musical films {{UK-musical-film-stub