Mother Machree
| Mother Machree | |
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| Directed by | John Ford (uncredited) |
| Written by | Rida Johnson Young |
| Produced by | John Ford |
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| Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $750,000 (estimated) |
Mother Machree is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by John Ford that is based on the 1924 work The Story of Mother Machree by Rida Johnson Young about a poor Irish immigrant in America. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Rida Johnson Young had invented Mother Machree in the stage show Barry of Ballymoore in 1910. John Wayne has a minor role in the film.