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