I just watched Cheer Boys Cheer (Walter Forde, 1939) and rated it 6/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Boys_Cheer?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #CheerBoysCheer #WalterForde #NovaPilbeam #EdmundGwenn #JimmyODea #GrahamMoffatt

This week 1922, the newest indigenous fiction film, four-reel comedy Wicklow Gold (Ireland: Irish Photo-Plays, 1922), premiered at Dublin's Empire Theatre. Written and directed by John MacDonagh, it starred Jimmy O'Dea, Ria Mooney and Chris Sylvester. "The comedy centres around a farcical story of matchmaking, [and] there is hardly a moment in which something diverting is not happening" (Evening Herald). #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #SilentFilm #IrishHistory #WicklowGold #JimmyODea