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Ireland, a Nation
Also known as {Ireland — A Nation}
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Walter MacNamara + [P.J. Bourke]
Cast: Barry O’Brien [Robert Emmet], P.J. Bourke, Fred O’Donovan, Barney Magee, Patrick Ennis, Dominick Reilly, [?] ? [Napoleon Bonaparte]
MacNamara Feature Film Company production. / Produced by Walter MacNamara. Scenario by P.J. Bourke. / Premiered 22 September 1914 at the 44th Street Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Exteriors shot in Ireland and in England, with interiors shot at EcKo Studios in KewBridge. The film was rereleased in the USA by the Gaelic Amusement Company, with added additional footage of Eamon DeValera, in 1920.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (national film collection) [incomplete 1920 rerelease version (reels 2-4, 2939 feet)]; in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; and in the Irish Film Archive of the Irish Film Institute film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ireland
Listing updated: 18 April 2012.
References: McIlroy-Ireland pp. 10-11, 20, 157, 178 : Website-IrishFilm.
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