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Willie Reilly and His Colleen Bawn
Also known as {Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn}
(1920) Ireland
B&W : [?] Nine? reels
Directed by John MacDonagh

Cast: Brian McGowan (Brian Magowan) [Willie Reilly], Kathleen Murphy [Helen Folliard, the Colleen Bawn], Richard Sheridan [Tom, the fool], Seamus MacBlante [Sir Robert Whitecraft], Dermot O’Dowd [Squire Folliard], Barrett McDonnell [The Red Rapparee], John MacDonagh [Tam], Frances Alexander, Jim Plant

Film Company of Ireland production; distributed by Film Company of Ireland. / Produced by James M. Sullivan. From a popular song and a novel by William Carleton. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in 1919.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: McIlroy-Ireland pp. x, 15, 16, 158, 175; Slide-Ireland p. ? : Website-IMDb.