Parnell
The Romance that rocked the foundations of an empire....now lives on the screen!
1937 | 118m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John M. Stahl |
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| Writer: | John Van Druten, S. N. Behrman |
| Staring: |
| Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 04, 1937 |
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| Director: | John M. Stahl |
| Writer: | John Van Druten, S. N. Behrman |
| Genres: | Drama, History, Romance |
| Keywords | parliament, politician, married woman, home rule |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,576,000
Budget: $1,547,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Clark Gable | Charles Stewart Parnell |
| Myrna Loy | Katie O'Shea |
| Edna May Oliver | Aunt Ben Wood |
| Edmund Gwenn | Henry Campbell |
| Alan Marshal | Captain William 'Willie' O'Shea |
| Donald Crisp | Michael Davitt |
| Billie Burke | Clara Wood |
| Berton Churchill | The O'Gorman Mahon |
| Donald Meek | Nicholas Daniel Murphy |
| Montagu Love | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Byron Russell | Timothy Michael Healy |
| Brandon Tynan | John Edward Redmond |
| Phyllis Coghlan | Ellen |
| Neil Fitzgerald | Richard Pigott |
| George Zucco | Sir Charles Arthur Russell |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Irish Laborer (uncredited) |
| Eily Malyon | Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited) |
| Robert Adair | Officer |
| Erville Alderson | Father |
| King Baggot | Man in Office |
| Frank Baker | George Davis |
| Marion Ballou | |
| James Blaine | Irishman |
| Wade Boteler | Irish Cop |
| Tyrone Brereton | House of Commons Member |
| Randolph Churchill | |
| Wallis Clark | Doctor |
| D'Arcy Corrigan | Irish Party Committeeman |
| George Cowl | |
| Jules Cowles | Man in Office |
| Alec Craig | Middle-Aged Man |
| Drew Demorest | Irish Party Committeeman |
| Dick Elliott | Middle Aged Man |
| Frank Elliott | Judge Day |
| Pat Flaherty | Parliament Member Parnell Socks |
| Otto Fries | Singing Irish Member |
| Douglas Gordon | Cockney Porter |
| Lumsden Hare | Editor |
| Ramsay Hill | House of Commons Member |
| Keith Hitchcock | Doorman |
| Halliwell Hobbes | W.H. Smith |
| Leyland Hodgson | |
| Robert Homans | Irish Cop in New York |
| Olaf Hytten | House of Commons Member |
| Charles Irwin | Court Usher |
| Crauford Kent | Speaker of House |
| Murray Kinnell | Sir Richard Webster |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Irish Laborer |
| Gordie Mackay | Messenger Boy |
| Wally Maher | Villager |
| Eily Malyon | Irish Woman with Dead Child |
| Frank Mayo | Judge |
| Leo McCabe | Member of Parliament |
| Jimmie McElveen | Young Man |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Pat Hogan |
| Tom McGuire | Irish Party Member |
| Charles McNaughton | Hot Potato Man |
| Pat Moriarity | The Younger O'Brien |
| Corbet Morris | |
| Leonard Mudie | Conservative Member |
| Jack Murphy | Irish Party Committeeman |
| Harry Myers | Man in Courtroom |
| Frank O'Connor | Irish Party Member |
| Pat O'Malley | Irishman |
| Rita Page | Young Girl |
| Dermot Quinn | Irish Party Committeeman |
| Tom Ricketts | Elderly Man |
| Speirs Ruskell | |
| Frank Sheridan | Sheriff |
| Yorke Sherwood | London Cabby in Fog |
| Russell Simpson | Dead Child's Father |
| Pat Somerset | Frank Lockwood |
| Lee Strasberg | Pat |
| Jameson Thomas | Judge Nanan |
| Zeffie Tilbury | Old Lady |
| Joseph R. Tozer | London Bobby |
| Clarence Wilson | Assistant Process Server |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Van Druten | Screenplay |
| Elsie T. Schauffler | Theatre Play |
| Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| William Axt | Original Music Composer |
| John M. Stahl | Director |
| S. N. Behrman | Screenplay |
| Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
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