Mother Machree

Mother Machree

Year: 1927

Runtime: 75 mins

Director: John Ford

Drama

Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant, gets a job with a carnival to fund her son Brian’s education at a good school. When the school learns of her lowly status, Brian is expelled, and Ellen agrees to let the principal and his wife adopt him. As a widow she becomes their housekeeper, raising their daughter Edith, who later falls in love with Brian.

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