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Michael McShane, Matchmaker
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Larry Trimble (Laurence Trimble)
Cast: John Bunny [Michael McShane], Mabelle Lumley [Colleen O’Brien], George L. Cox [Mr. O’Brien, Colleen’s father], Beatrice Grosvenor [Mrs. O’Brien, Colleen’s mother], James Pryor (James Prior) [Danny O’Toole]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Larry Trimble (Laurence Trimble). / Released 6 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Ireland.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Dan O’Toole is a man bordering on 40, much older than Colleen O'Brien, with whom he is very much in love. Her parents consider him an overgrown booby and through their denunciations, she is led to believe he lacks courage and manliness in affairs of the heart. Discouraged and disheartened, Dan applies to Michael McShane, the itinerant peddler. He advises him to assert himself and show Colleen who’s who. The two men concoct a little scheme. Dan presents Colleen with a little pig, which she refuses to accept, but Dan insists upon her keeping it, finds fault with her and is so pronounced in having his own way that the girl is greatly surprised. To cap the climax, he tells her they are going to be married, and she will be his wife. She tells him she likes his impudence, and refuses to consent. As prearranged, Michael McShane’s donkey, hitched to the little cart is standing nearby. Dan brings it into commission, grasps Colleen around the waist, places the pig in her arms, and they are on their way to the priest’s before she knows it, very much to the delight of the good-natured and resourceful Michael McShane, matchmaker.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ireland - Irish
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Slide-Ireland p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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