The Colleen Bawn (1924 film)

The Colleen Bawn
The Colleen Bawn
Directed by	W. P. Kellino
Written by	Dion Boucicault (play) ; Eliot Stannard
Starring	Henry Victor ; Colette Brettel ; Stewart Rome ; Gladys Jennings
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Production; company	Stoll Pictures
Distributed by	Stoll Pictures
Release date	January 1924;
Running time	6,400 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

The Colleen Bawn is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Henry Victor, Colette Brettel and Stewart Rome.^[2] It is an adaptation of the 1860 Irish play The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault.

Plot

In Ireland a poor aristocrat hires a half-wit to drown his secret wife so he can wed an heiress.

^ Low p.350
^ "BFI - Film & TV Database - The COLLEEN BAWN (1924)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

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v t e Adaptations of Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen
Opera	The Lily of Killarney (1862)
Films	The Colleen Bawn (1911, U.S.) The Colleen Bawn (1911, Australia) The Colleen Bawn (1924) Lily of Killarney (1929) Lily of Killarney (1934)