Lily of Killarney (1929 film)

Lily of Killarney
Lily of Killarney
Directed by	George Ridgwell
Written by	Dion Boucicault (play); George Ridgwell
Starring	Cecil Landau; Barbara Gott ; Edward O'Neill ; Dennis Wyndham
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	February 1929;
Running time	6,100 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Last updated April 09, 2025

Lily of Killarney is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Landau, Barbara Gott and Dennis Wyndham. The film is based on the play by Dion Boucicault, The Colleen Bawn , and is set in the Irish town of Killarney in the nineteenth century.^[2]

Plot

A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.

Cast

Cecil Landau as Hardress Cregan
Barbara Gott as Sheelah
Edward O'Neill as Corrigan
Gillian Dean as Ann Chute
Pamela Parr as Eily O'Connor
Wilfred Shine as Father Tom
Henry Wilson as Danny Mann
Dennis Wyndham as Myles-na-Coppaleen

References

↑ Low p.398
↑ BFI.org

Bibliography

Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

Lily of Killarney at IMDb

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[1] Low p.398

[2] BFI.org

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v t e Adaptations of Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen
Opera	The Lily of Killarney (1862)
Films	The Colleen Bawn (1911, U.S.) The Colleen Bawn (1911, Australia) The Colleen Bawn (1924) Lily of Killarney (1929) Lily of Killarney (1934)