The Colleen Bawn (1911 American film)
Appearance
The Colleen Bawn | |
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![]() J. P. McGowan (left) and Sidney Olcott. | |
Directed by | Sidney Olcott |
Written by | Gene Gauntier |
Based on | play The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault |
Starring | Gene Gauntier J. P. McGowan Sidney Olcott |
Cinematography | George K. Hollister |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | Three reels[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Colleen Bawn is a silent 1911 American romantic drama film based on the 1860 play of the same name. A secret marriage leads to murder. It and the play are based on the actual 1819 murder of 15-year-old Ellen Scanlan.
Prints of this film survive in the National Archives of Canada, and the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection has one reel.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Gene Gauntier as Eily O'Connor, the "Colleen Bawn"
- J.P. McGowan as Hardress Cregan
- Sidney Olcott as Danny Mann
- Jack J. Clark as Myles na Copaleen
- Alice Hollister as Anne Chute
- Arthur Donaldson as Father Tom
- Robert G. Vignola as Mr. Corrigan
- Agnes Mapes as Mrs. Cregan
- Anna Clark as Sheelah
Production
[edit]The film was shot in Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland, during the summer of 1911.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Colleen Bawn". silentera.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- Michel Derrien, Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil, TIR 2013. ISBN 978-2-917681-20-6 (in French)
- Denis Condon, Touristic Work and Pleasure: The Kalem Company in Killarney
- Denis Condon, Limelight on the Colleen Bawn: Resisting Autoexoticism in Provincial Irish Picture Houses in the Early 1910s
External links
[edit]- The Colleen Bawn at IMDb
- Full restored film at YouTube
- (in French) The Colleen Bawn website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
Categories:
- 1911 films
- American crime films
- American romantic drama films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Crime films based on actual events
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Sidney Olcott
- Films set in Ireland
- Films shot in Ireland
- Kalem Company films
- Romantic drama films based on actual events
- 1911 romantic drama films
- 1910s American films
- Silent romantic drama films
- Silent American drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- Silent romantic drama film stubs