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1912 American film
The Shaughraun
from left to right: Sidney Olcott, George Melville, Alice Hollister, Arthur Lester, J.P. McGowan and Gene Gauntier.
Directed bySidney Olcott
Written byGene Gauntier
Based onplay The Shaughraun
by Dion Boucicault
Produced byKalem Company
StarringGene Gauntier
Jack J. Clark
Sidney Olcott
CinematographyGeorge K. Hollister
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • December 23, 1912 (1912-12-23)
Running time3000 ft, 3 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

The Shaughraun is a 1912 American silent film produced by the Kalem Company and distributed by the General Film Company. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with himself, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister and Jack J. Clark in the leading roles.

Plot

The main character Robert Ffolliott, a young Irish man, is sent unjustly to a penal colony in Australian for false accusations made by Kinchella. There, he is helped by Conn, the Shaughraungo, who helps Robert to escape the prison ship back to Ireland, where he reunites with his love.

Cast

Production notes

References

  1. "The Shaughraun". IMDb. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  • Michel Derrien, Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil, TIR 2013. ISBN 978-2-917681-20-6 (in French)
  • The Moving Picture World, Vol 14, p 954, p 972 and p 1075.
  • The New York Dramatic Mirror, January 1, 1913.
  • Motion Picture Story Magazine, January 1913, pp 41–51.
  • Kevin Rockett, Irish Filmography, p 259.

External links

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  • The Dog Snatcher
  • Bowser's House Cleaning
  • The Gentleman Farmer
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  • The Pony Express
  • The New Hired Girl
  • The Tenderfoot
  • Off for the Day
  • The Sea Wolf
  • The Parson's Picnic
  • The Book Agent
  • A One Night Stand
  • Who'll Do The Washing
  • Peggy's Camping Party
  • The Wooing of Miles Standish
  • Nature Fakirs
  • The Amateur Detective
  • The Red Man's Way
  • Chinese Slave Smuggling
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  • Nathan Hale
  • The Goldbrick
  • It Was Mother-in-Law
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  • Bill Butt-in and the Burglar
  • Troubles of a Tramp
  • The Lost Mine
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  • A Dramatic Rhearsal
  • School Days
  • Ben Hur
1908
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  • Mountainers
  • Dogs of Fashion
  • Quack Doctors
  • Under the Star Splanged Banner
  • Evangeline
  • The Stowanay
  • College Days
  • The Banan'Man
  • Henry Hudson
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  • Washington at Valley Forge
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  • Captain Kid
  • The Moonshiner's Daughter
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  • The Under Dog
  • Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Kidnapped for Hate
  • Dolly the Circus Queen
  • The White Squaw Man
  • The Man Hunt
  • Enoch Arden
  • Lady Audley's Secret
  • Held by Bandits
  • The Little Madcap
  • Mrs Gunness, the Female Bluebeard
  • Dynamite Man
  • The Renegade
  • The New Hired Girl
  • A Gipsy Girl's Love
  • The Walls of Sing Sing
  • The Girl Nihilist
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  • As You Like It
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  • The Padrone
  • The Mystery of the Bride in White
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  • David and Goliath
  • Fire at Sea
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  • Hannah Dustin
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  • Maggie, the Dock Rat
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1909
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  • The Girl at the Old Mill
  • The Octoroon
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  • The High Diver
  • Sporting Days in the South
  • The Making of a Champion Pugilist
  • The New Minister
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  • The Crackers Bride
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  • The Mysterious Double
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  • $5000 Reward
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1910
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1912
1913–1916
1918–1927


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