The Londonderry Air (film)
Encyclopedia
The Londonderry Air is a 1938 British
romance film
directed by Alex Bryce
and starring Sara Allgood
, Liam Gaffney
and Phyllis Ryan. A young woman abandon her plans to settle down in a respectable marriage and runs off with a travelling fiddler she falls in love with. It was based on a play by Rachel Field
.
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...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Alex Bryce
Alex Bryce
Alex Bryce was a British screenwriter, cinematographer and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle * Wedding Group * Servants All * The End of the Road...
and starring Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood
-Biography:Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain...
, Liam Gaffney
Liam Gaffney
Liam 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...
and Phyllis Ryan. A young woman abandon her plans to settle down in a respectable marriage and runs off with a travelling fiddler she falls in love with. It was based on a play by Rachel Field
Rachel Field
Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929. She won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award twice...
.
Cast
- Sara AllgoodSara Allgood-Biography:Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain...
... Widow Rafferty - 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...
... The Pedlar - Phyllis Ryan ... Rose Martha
- Jimmy Mageean ... Sheamus
- Maureen MooreMaureen MooreMaureen Moore is an American actress. Debuting on Broadway in 1974's revival of Gypsy as Dainty June, Moore has had a long career on stage...
... Mrs. Murphy - Grenville Darling ... Auctioneer
- Kitty Kirwan ... Deaf Woman