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.
Costume
Lavish Victorian gowns and Parnell's iconic tweed suits.
Acting
Myrna Loy transcending the material with genuine warmth.
Production
Elaborate parliamentary sets drowning in historical detail.
Director
John M. Stahl
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
Brandon Tynan
John Edward Redmond
George Zucco
Sir Charles Arthur Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gable hated his period mustache so much he reportedly begged Stahl to let him shave it; the director refused.
The real Parnell was called 'the uncrowned King of Ireland'—this film came out just as Anglo-Irish tensions were escalating toward the Emergency.
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