News 9. 2. 2012

Historical Irish silent films are now available online

IFTV says that almost all the Irish-themed fiction films released in this period were produced by foreign filmmakers, but during 1916 to 1920 Irish filmmakers working mainly for the Film Company of Ireland also made innovative and challenging films.
Five of the nine films are concerned with aspects of Irish history and are set mainly during the 1798–1803 period: “Rory O’More” (1911); “Brennan of the Moor” (1913); “For Ireland’s Sake” (1914); “Ireland a Nation” (1914); and “Bold Emmet Ireland’s Martyr” (1915); one is the first Irish migration film, “The Lad from Old Ireland” (1910); there are adaptations of well-known literary works: Dion Boucicault’s play, “The Colleen Bawn” (1911), and Thomas Moore’s poem, “You’ll Remember Ellen” (1912); and one concerns a mother–son relationship filmed in Ireland and the USA, “His Mother” (1912).
By
JAMES O’SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer

Václav Bernard