Mother Machree | |
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Directed by | John Ford (uncredited) |
Written by | Rida Johnson Young |
Produced by | John Ford |
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Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons |
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Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles) |
Budget | $750,000 (estimated) |
Mother Machree is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by John Ford that is based on the 1924 work The Story of Mother Machree by Rida Johnson Young about a poor Irish immigrant in America. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Rida Johnson Young had invented Mother Machree in the stage show Barry of Ballymoore in 1910. John Wayne has a minor role in the film.[1]