The Colleen Bawn (1911)

Hardress Cregan is a young Irish aristocrat facing severe financial ruin. His mother, eager to restore their family's wealth and status, pushes him into an arranged marriage with a wealthy heiress, Anne Chute. However, Hardress is already secretly married to Eily O'Connor, a poor, beautiful peasant girl known as "The Colleen Bawn" (meaning "pure girl")

Date of release
1911-09-25
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
36m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gaston Mervale

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Colleen Bawn

The Colleen Bawn is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale starring Louise Lovely. It is adapted from a popular melodrama by Dion Boucicault.

Production

A cliff and a cave on Sydney harbour were used for the scene of the attempted murder and the rescue of the colleen. The rest of the movie was shot in the studio of Australian Life Biograph Company in Manly.

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