Irish and Proud of It (film)
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Irish and Proud of It is a 1938 British
-Irish comedy film
directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Richard Hayward
, Dinah Sheridan
and Gwenllian Gill. A popular London-based Irish singer announces one evening how much he would love to go home to his home village in rural Ireland. For a prank, some of his friends take him up on this offer. He is kidnapped and desposited on a wild moor. He returns to the village of his youth, slightly disorentated, and battles an American gangster who has taken control of the settlement.
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...
-Irish comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Richard Hayward
Richard Hayward
Richard Hayward was an Irish film actor, writer and musician. Born in Larne, he was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture. After a period working at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin he helped form the Belfast Repertory Theatre Company. He was a popular singer in the forties and fifties...
, Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
and Gwenllian Gill. A popular London-based Irish singer announces one evening how much he would love to go home to his home village in rural Ireland. For a prank, some of his friends take him up on this offer. He is kidnapped and desposited on a wild moor. He returns to the village of his youth, slightly disorentated, and battles an American gangster who has taken control of the settlement.
Cast
- Richard HaywardRichard HaywardRichard Hayward was an Irish film actor, writer and musician. Born in Larne, he was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture. After a period working at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin he helped form the Belfast Repertory Theatre Company. He was a popular singer in the forties and fifties...
- Donogh O'Connor - Dinah SheridanDinah SheridanDinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
- Moira Flaherty - Gwenllian Gill - Mary Johnson
- George Pembroke - Mike Finnegan
- Liam GaffneyLiam GaffneyLiam Gaffney was an Irish film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The Londonderry Air * The Villiers Diamond * Irish and Proud of It * The Four Just Men...
- Sean Casey - Herbert Thorpe - Benito Colombo
- Jimmy Mageean - Old Flaherty