Mother Machree (1928)

Directors

John Ford

Cast

Aggie Herring, Belle Bennett, Ethel Clayton, Eulalie Jensen, John Wayne, Neil Hamilton, Robert Parrish, Victor McLaglen

The story

thumb|Surviving portion of the film In the Irish coastal village of Ballymore in 1899, Ellen McHugh (Belle Bennett) becomes a widow when her husband is killed in a violent storm at sea. Alone but fiercely determined to give her young son Brian (Philippe De Lacy) a better future, she decides to emigrate to America. After arriving in the United States, Ellen faces hardship and loneliness.

Genres

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