Irish and Proud of It (Original title)
Date: 1936 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Donovan Pedelty
Synopsis: An Irish-born businessman based in London is kidnapped by colleagues as a joke and flown back to the small village of his birth. There he finds that American gangsters are forcing the local publicans to buy illegally-produced raw spirit with which to adulterate branded products.
Genres: Crime, Drama
Subjects: Gangsters, Crime, Nostalgia, Patriotism, Pubs, Rural life, Kidnapping, Jokes, Vocal music, Ireland (geographical whole), 1930s
Releases
Date: 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Length: 6585 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 01 January 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins 27 secs - Dialogue (original): English / English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v133 n8 19 Nov 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1542 5 Nov 1936
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1542 5 Nov 1936: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v3 n35 November 1936 Page: 203
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v3 n35 November 1936: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6516 FeetBFI identifier: C-852425
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1437906
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6516 FeetBFI identifier: C-852425
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 6622 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-212280
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 6517 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-212281
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7175 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-212278
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: MixedSound: SoundLength: 6800 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-212279
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1936 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Donovan Pedelty
Synopsis: An Irish-born businessman based in London is kidnapped by colleagues as a joke and flown back to the small village of his birth. There he finds that American gangsters are forcing the local publicans to buy illegally-produced raw spirit with which to adulterate branded products.
Genres: Crime, Drama
Subjects: Gangsters, Crime, Nostalgia, Patriotism, Pubs, Rural life, Kidnapping, Jokes, Vocal music, Ireland (geographical whole), 1930s
Releases
Date: 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Length: 6585 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 01 January 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins 27 secs - Dialogue (original): English / English
Credits
(18)
A Crusade Film: Crusade Films, Production Company: Paramount British Productions, Produced by: Donovan Pedelty, Associate Producer: V.M. Greene, Production Management: Billy Phelps, Assistant Direction: Jack Gilling, Scenario: Donovan Pedelty, Adaptation: David Evans, From a Story by: Dorothea Donn-Byrne, Photography: Jim Burger, Editing: Hans Nieter, Art Direction: W. Hemsley, Musical Direction: Colin Wark, Sound Recording: D.A. Wright, Sound Recording: John Cox, Sound System: Visatone Sound Recording System, Produced at the: Wembley Studios
Cast
(12)
Richard Hayward (Donogh O'Connor), Dinah Sheridan (Moira Flaherty), Gwen Gill (Mary Johnson), George Pembroke (Mike Finnegan), Liam Gaffney (Sean Deasy), Herbert Thorpe (Benito Colombo), Jimmy Mageean (old Flaherty), Jack Clifford (O'Hara), Shaun Desmond (Maloney, the publican), J. Miles Marwyn (McCartney), Wolf Curran (George), Charles Fagan (police sergeant)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Motion Picture Herald v133 n8 19 Nov 1938Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v133 n8 19 Nov 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1542 5 Nov 1936
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1542 5 Nov 1936: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v3 n35 November 1936 Page: 203
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v3 n35 November 1936: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6516 FeetBFI identifier: C-852425
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1437906
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 6516 FeetBFI identifier: C-852425
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 6622 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-212280
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 6517 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-212281
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7175 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-212278
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: MixedSound: SoundLength: 6800 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-212279
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status