Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.
Cast
Belle Bennett
Mother Machree
Victor McLaglen
The Giant of Kilkenny
Philippe De Lacy
Brian - Child
Ted McNamara
The Harper of Wexford
Billy Platt
The Dwarf of Munster
Eulalie Jensen
Miss Van Studdiford
Constance Howard
Mrs. Cutting
Pat Somerset
Bobby De Puyster
Neil Hamilton
Brian
Aggie Herring
Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)
John Wayne
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