Garryowen (film)
Encyclopedia
Garryowen is a 1920 British
silent
sports film directed by George Pearson and starring Fred Groves
, Hugh E. Wright
and Moyna MacGill
. It was based on a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole
. An impoverished Irish gentleman tries to rescue his family from ruin by running his horse Garryowen at the Epsom Derby
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
sports film directed by George Pearson and starring Fred Groves
Fred Groves (actor)
-Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Idol of Paris * The Loss of the Birkenhead * Florence Nightingale * The Firm of Girdlestone * The Manxman * The Labour Leader...
, Hugh E. Wright
Hugh E. Wright
Hugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle *Royal Eagle *Scrooge...
and Moyna MacGill
Moyna MacGill
Moyna Macgill was an Irish stage and film actress and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar Lansbury and Bruce Lansbury.-Life and career:...
. It was based on a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Henry De Vere Stacpoole was an Irish author, born in Kingstown . His best known work is the 1908 romance novel The Blue Lagoon, which has been adapted into feature films on three occasions...
. An impoverished Irish gentleman tries to rescue his family from ruin by running his horse Garryowen at the Epsom Derby
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...
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Cast
- Fred Groves - Michael French
- Hugh E. WrightHugh E. WrightHugh E. Wright was a French-born, British actor and screenwriter.- Actor :* 1066: And All That * The Knight of the Burning Pestle *Royal Eagle *Scrooge...
- Moriarty - Moyna MacGillMoyna MacGillMoyna Macgill was an Irish stage and film actress and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar Lansbury and Bruce Lansbury.-Life and career:...
- Violet Grimshaw - Bertram BurleighBertram Burleigh-Selected filmography:* Mrs. Thompson * Garryowen * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * Open Country * Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep * Becket...
- Robert Dashwood - Arthur CleaveArthur Cleave-Selected filmography:* The Lady Clare * Garryowen * Nothing Else Matters * The Bachelor's Club * The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick * The Card * Old Bill Through the Ages...
- Giveean - Alec Thompson - Andy
- Little Zillah - Effy French
- Stella Brereton - Mrs. Moriarty
- Lilian BraithwaiteLilian BraithwaiteDame Lilian Braithwaite DBE , born Florence Lilian Braithwaite, was an English actress.She was the daughter of a clergyman, and born in Ramsgate, Kent. She was educated at Croydon High School, and married actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, first acting with amateur companies...
- Mrs. Driscoll - Marjorie Gaffney - Biddy
- Betty CameronBetty CameronCorporal Betty Cameron was an Australian World War II servicewoman and WAAAF activist.Born as Elizabeth Katherine Twynam-Perkins, she was educated at Fort Street Girls' High School, Sydney and obtained her Leaving Certificate. From 1938 to 1940 she was a lady cubmaster.-Parents:Betty's father, who...
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