The Prep - Muldowney, Liam

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Résumé :
Inishmore House stands majestically in the townland of Whitehall overlooking Upper Churchtown Road and has done so since 1840. It has been home to some notable families but in 1952 its status changed when a directive from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to the De La Salle Brothers asking them to establish an educational facility for boys saw the house transformed into a school. Beginning life as both a primary and a secondary school the Prep became a stand alone primary school in 1957 when the College opened its doors at Landscape. Seeing many changes and several incarnations, each of the eight thousand boys who attended classes there have memories of their time at Inishmore. From Drill classes in the yard with Captain O' Neill to Wicklow treks with Brother Maurice. Angelus prayers with Mrs. McCullagh, after swimming chips with Miss Ryan, rugby training with Brother Damian, elocution lessons with Mrs. Herlihy or simply chatting to the man who was Brother Patrick McCann, the recollections are many. The school bell is now silent and the chalk has been packed away but the sounds of the boys playing marbles under the big oak tree, playing football in the yard or running to take shelter from the rain in the long shed will forever be etched around Churchtown....

Biographie:
Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anna Pavlova, Colleen Moore, Mabel Normand, Mae West and Bela Lugosi....

Sommaire:
Liam Muldowney and Stephen O'Crowley combine their love of silent film, slapstick and a geeky interest in all things Irish in Hollywood by producing a volume of work that has taken many years to research and produce. Having exhausted all available records and archives, they have managed to bring back to life some of Ireland's biggest names in Hollywood and tell their stories one hundred years after their successes. Although largely forgotten today, these actors were once the biggest names on the screen. They worked with some of the most famous people from Hollywood's early days and some of the most influential stage actors the world has ever seen. They count amongst their co-stars...