The Colleen Bawn (1911)
41m
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October 16, 1911Release Date
Plot.
A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he marries his rich cousin.
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The Colleen Bawn is a silent 1911 American romantic drama film based on the 1860 play of the same name. A secret marriage leads to murder. It and the play are based on the actual 1819 murder of 15-year-old Ellen Scanlan.
Prints of this film survive in the National Archives of Canada, and the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection has one reel.