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The Callahans and the Murphys is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by George W. Hill. The film was based on a novel by Kathleen Norris, and was the first of several MGM films to star Marie Dressler and Polly Moran.
15 mar 2024 · March 15th, 2024: A member of the IFI Irish Film Archive has unearthed excerpts from an MGM movie that was previously considered lost. Reels from the 1927 silent comedy film The Callahans and the Murphys were recently uncovered by Archive Film Collections Officer Matthias Smith.
15 mar 2024 · The silent film “The Callahans and the Murphys” was pulled after an uproar over stereotyping. What happened next tantalized one fan of old movies.
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10 mar 2024 · This excerpt from the 1927 MGM film The Callahans and the Murphys was believed to be lost. The silent comedy film, adapted from a novel by Kathleen Norris, stars Marie Dressler and Polly Moran and tells the story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
The Callahans and the Murphys: Directed by George W. Hill. With Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Sally O'Neil, Lawrence Gray. Family ties and duty are tested as a pair of feuding tenement housewives cope with their sizable broods and the rocky romance of Mrs. Callahan's with-child daughter and Mrs. Murphy's wastrel son.
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- Comedy, Drama
- George W. Hill
- 1927-06-18
15 set 2006 · ‘The Callahans and the Murphys' (MGM, 1927): a case study of Irish-American and Catholic Church censorship. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 33-45. (1990).
1927 Directed by George W. Hill. The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases. Marie Dressler Polly Moran Sally O'Neil Lawrence Gray Eddie Gribbon. More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share. Ratings. ★. 1 ★★½ rating (20%) 3 ★★★ ratings (60%) 1 ★★★½ rating (20%) ★★★★★.
