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'''''Dr. O'Dowd''''' is a 1940 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] drama film directed by [[Herbert Mason]] and starring Shaun Glenville, [[Peggy Cummins]], [[Felix Aylmer]] and [[Irene Handl]]. Set in Ireland, it focuses on Marius O'Dowd, an Irish doctor, who works to restore his relationship with his son after his daughter-in-law dies under O'Dowd's care. The film was the onscreen debut for [[Peggy Cummins]], who was only thirteen at the time. It was well received by critics, and Cummins' role was the subject of particular praise. The film is currently missing from the [[BFI National Archive]], and is listed as one of the [[British Film Institute]]'s "[[BFI 75 Most Wanted|75 Most Wanted]]" lost films.
'''''Dr. O'Dowd''''' is a 1940 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] drama film directed by [[Herbert Mason]], produced by [[Sam Sax]] for [[Warner Bros]] and starring [[Shaun Glenville]], [[Peggy Cummins]], [[Felix Aylmer]] and [[Irene Handl]]. Set in Ireland, it focuses on Marius O'Dowd, an Irish doctor, who works to restore his relationship with his son after his daughter-in-law dies under O'Dowd's care. The film was the onscreen debut for [[Peggy Cummins]], who was only thirteen at the time.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |author1=[[Michael Freedland]] |title=Peggy Cummins obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/09/peggy-cummins-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 December 2022 |date=9 January 2018}}</ref> It was well received by critics, and Cummins' role was the subject of particular praise. The film is currently missing from the [[BFI National Archive]], and is listed as one of the [[British Film Institute]]'s "[[BFI 75 Most Wanted|75 Most Wanted]]" lost films.<ref>{{cite web|title=BFI Most Wanted|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//explore-film-tv/bfi-national-archive/archive-projects/bfi-most-wanted|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
* Shaun Glenville – Marius O'Dowd
* [[Shaun Glenville]] as Marius O'Dowd
* [[Peggy Cummins]] – Pat O'Dowd
* [[Peggy Cummins]] as Pat O'Dowd
* [[Mary Merrall]] – Constantia
* [[Mary Merrall]] as Constantia
* [[Liam Gaffney]] – Stephen O'Dowd
* [[Liam Gaffney]] as Stephen O'Dowd
* [[Patricia Roc]] – Rosemary
* [[Patricia Roc]] as Rosemary
* James Carney – O'Hara
* James Carney as O'Hara
* [[Felix Aylmer]] – President
* [[Felix Aylmer]] as President
* [[Irene Handl]] – Sarah
* [[Irene Handl]] as Sarah
* [[Walter Hudd]] – Doctor Crowther
* [[Walter Hudd]] as Doctor Crowther
* Pat Noonan – Mulvaney
* Pat Noonan as Mulvaney
* [[Maire O'Neill]] – Mrs Mulvaney
* [[Maire O'Neill]] as Mrs Mulvaney
* [[Charles Victor]] – Dooley
* [[Charles Victor]] as Dooley
* Pamela Wood – Moira
* Pamela Wood as Moira


==Production==
==Production==
Most of the filming for ''Dr. O'Dowd'' took place at the [[Warner Bros.]] studios in [[Teddington]], with outdoor sequences shot in [[Cumberland]] in north west England and in [[County Wicklow]], Ireland. The filming was undertaken in the summer of 1939, concluding just after the start of [[World War II]]. Warner Bros. employed a number of different experts as advisers to ensure the film was realistic, including a doctor, a nurse, an angler and a billiards player.<ref name=BFI/>
Most of the filming for ''Dr. O'Dowd'' took place at the [[Warner Bros.]] studios in [[Teddington]], with outdoor sequences shot in [[Cumberland]] in north west England and in [[County Wicklow]], Ireland. The filming was undertaken in the summer of 1939, concluding just after the start of [[World War II]]. Warner Bros. employed a number of different experts as advisers to ensure the film was realistic, including a doctor, a nurse, an angler and a billiards player.<ref name=BFI/>


''Dr. O'Dowd'' was the film debut for 13-year-old [[Peggy Cummins]], who later starred in films such as ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' and ''[[The Night of the Demon]]''.<ref name=BFI/><ref name="Thomson2010">{{cite book|author=David Thomson|title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Fifth Edition|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=heVvObIz9BwC&pg=PT570|year=2010|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-0-7481-0850-3|page=570}}</ref> Cummins had caught the attention of film executives after appearing in a 1938 production named ''Let's Pretend'' in London, and this film was the beginning of a deal signed with [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name="Hannsberry1998">{{cite book|author=Karen Burroughs Hannsberry|title=Femme noir: bad girls of film|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KGhZAAAAMAAJ|page=81|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0429-2}}</ref> As part of an agreement with the [[London County Council]], Cummins was limited to five house of filming per day and had to be supervised by a governess.<ref name=BFI/> The film was also a debut for her co-star Shaun Glenville, a music hall performer.<ref name="Almanac">{{cite book|title=International Motion Picture Almanac|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Sus-AQAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Quigley Publications}}</ref> This was only one of two film roles Glenville played in his career.<ref name=BFI/>
''Dr. O'Dowd'' was the film debut for 13-year-old [[Peggy Cummins]], who later starred in films such as ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' and ''[[The Night of the Demon]]''.<ref name=BFI/><ref name="Thomson2010">{{cite book|author=David Thomson|title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Fifth Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heVvObIz9BwC&pg=PT570|year=2010|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-0-7481-0850-3|page=570}}</ref><ref name=Guardian /> Cummins had caught the attention of film executives after appearing in a 1938 production named ''Let's Pretend'' in London,<ref name=Guardian /> and this film was the beginning of a deal signed with [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name="Hannsberry1998">{{cite book|author=Karen Burroughs Hannsberry|title=Femme noir: bad girls of film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGhZAAAAMAAJ|page=81|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0429-2}}</ref> As part of an agreement with the [[London County Council]], Cummins was limited to five hours of filming per day and had to be supervised by a [[governess]].<ref name=BFI/> The film was also a debut for her co-star Shaun Glenville, a music hall performer.<ref name="Almanac">{{cite book|title=International Motion Picture Almanac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sus-AQAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Quigley Publications}}</ref> This was only one of two film roles Glenville played in his career.<ref name=BFI/>


==Release and later history==
==Release and reception==
''Dr. O'Dowd'' was distributed by the production studio Warner Bros. in 1940, with an initial trade showing in London on 16 January 1940. It had a public release in UK and Ireland in the same year. It was also distributed in America<ref name=BFI/> and Australia.<ref name=Trove>{{cite news|title=Roland Young in New Role|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/52380163?searchTerm=%22dr%20o%27dowd%22&searchLimits=|newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]|date=7 September 1940}}</ref>
''Dr. O'Dowd'' was distributed by the production studio Warner Bros. in 1940, with an initial trade showing in London on 16 January 1940. It had a public release in UK and Ireland in the same year. It was also distributed in America<ref name=BFI/> and Australia.<ref name=Trove>{{cite news|title=Roland Young in New Role|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52380163?searchTerm=%22dr%20o%27dowd%22&searchLimits=|newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]|date=7 September 1940}}</ref>


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The film was received very positively by critics. One Irish newspaper described it as "one of the best films about Ireland ever made."<ref name=BFI/> ''[[Kinematograph Weekly]]'' summed up its positive response to the film as: "Good story, competent treatment, captivating juvenile angle, effective dramatic twists, good comedy and excellent atmosphere."<ref name=BFI/> In Australia, ''[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]'' described it as "one of the surprise hits of the year".<ref name=Trove/> Praise was particularly given to the two main actors, [[Shaun Glenville]] and [[Peggy Cummins]]. Despite the latter's young age, ''Kinematograph Weekly'' predicted that "Given the chance, she'll go far".<ref name=BFI/>
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The film is currently missing from the [[BFI National Archive]], and is listed as one of the [[British Film Institute]]'s "[[BFI 75 Most Wanted|75 Most Wanted]]" lost films.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|title='Dr. O'Dowd'' – 75 Most Wanted|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/dr-o-dowd.html|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68XYi0PJD|archivedate=19 June 2012|accessdate=8 June 2012}}</ref> No sequences of film are known to survive, although the BFI does possess a collection of stills from the production.<ref name=BFI/>


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''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'' describes it as a "somewhat woebegone tearjerker with an interesting cast".<ref>{{cite book|last=Halliwell|first=Leslie|title=Halliwell's Film Guide|year=1994|publisher=Harper Perennial|isbn=9780062733184|page=305}}</ref>
==Reception==
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The film was received very positively by critics. One Irish newspaper described it as "one of the best films about Ireland ever made."<ref name=BFI/> ''[[Kinematograph Weekly]]'' summed up its positive response to the film as: "Good story, competent treatment, captivating juvenile angle, effective dramatic twists, good comedy and excellent atmosphere."<ref name=BFI/> In Australia, ''[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]'' described it as "one of the surprise hits of the year".<ref name=Trove/> Praise was particularly given to the two main actors, Shaun Glenville and [[Peggy Cummins]]. Despite the latter's young age, ''Kinematograph Weekly'' predicted that "Given the chance, she'll go far".<ref name=BFI/>


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The film is missing from the [[BFI National Archive]], and is listed as one of the [[British Film Institute]]'s "[[BFI 75 Most Wanted|75 Most Wanted]]" lost films.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web |title='Dr. O'Dowd' – 75 Most Wanted |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/dr-o-dowd.html |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092427/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/dr-o-dowd.html |archivedate=3 August 2012 |accessdate=8 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> No sequences of film are known to survive, although the BFI does possess a collection of stills from the production.<ref name=BFI/>
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''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'' describes it as a "somewhat woebegone tearjerker with an interesting cast".<ref>{{cite book|last=Halliwell|first=Leslie|title=Halliwell's Film Guide|year=1994|publisher=HarperPerrenial|isbn=9780062733184|page=305}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0031248}}
*{{IMDb title|0031248}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201109001009/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9044bd ''Dr. O'Dowd''] at [[BFI]]
* [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/dr-odowd-v89935 ''Dr. O'Dowd''] at [[AllMovie]]


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Dr. O'Dowd
Directed byHerbert Mason
Screenplay byAustin Melford
Derek Twist
Story byL.A.G. Strong
Based onA novel
by L.A.G. Strong
Produced bySam Sax
StarringShaun Glenville
Peggy Cummins
Felix Aylmer
Irene Handl
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 22 June 1940 (1940-06-22) (United Kingdom)
Running time
76 minutes
LandVereinigtes Königreich
SpracheEnglisch

Dr. O'Dowd is a 1940 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Sam Sax for Warner Bros and starring Shaun Glenville, Peggy Cummins, Felix Aylmer and Irene Handl. Set in Ireland, it focuses on Marius O'Dowd, an Irish doctor, who works to restore his relationship with his son after his daughter-in-law dies under O'Dowd's care. The film was the onscreen debut for Peggy Cummins, who was only thirteen at the time.[1] It was well received by critics, and Cummins' role was the subject of particular praise. The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[2]

Plot

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Marius O'Dowd (Shaun Glenville) is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira (Pamela Wood) dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although O'Dowd is not to blame, his son Stephen (Liam Gaffney) suspects that Moira died due to O'Dowd operating while under the influence of alcohol, and accuses him of criminal neglect. O'Dowd consequently has his license to practice medicine taken away. Stephen also does not tell his daughter Pat (Peggy Cummins) that Marius is her grandfather, although several years later she becomes friends with Marius and works this out. Marius eventually manages to redeem himself by saving Stephen's life during an outbreak of diphtheria.[3]

Cast

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Production

[edit]

Most of the filming for Dr. O'Dowd took place at the Warner Bros. studios in Teddington, with outdoor sequences shot in Cumberland in north west England and in County Wicklow, Ireland. The filming was undertaken in the summer of 1939, concluding just after the start of World War II. Warner Bros. employed a number of different experts as advisers to ensure the film was realistic, including a doctor, a nurse, an angler and a billiards player.[3]

Dr. O'Dowd was the film debut for 13-year-old Peggy Cummins, who later starred in films such as Gun Crazy and The Night of the Demon.[3][4][1] Cummins had caught the attention of film executives after appearing in a 1938 production named Let's Pretend in London,[1] and this film was the beginning of a deal signed with Warner Bros.[5] As part of an agreement with the London County Council, Cummins was limited to five hours of filming per day and had to be supervised by a governess.[3] The film was also a debut for her co-star Shaun Glenville, a music hall performer.[6] This was only one of two film roles Glenville played in his career.[3]

Release and reception

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Dr. O'Dowd was distributed by the production studio Warner Bros. in 1940, with an initial trade showing in London on 16 January 1940. It had a public release in UK and Ireland in the same year. It was also distributed in America[3] and Australia.[7]

The film was received very positively by critics. One Irish newspaper described it as "one of the best films about Ireland ever made."[3] Kinematograph Weekly summed up its positive response to the film as: "Good story, competent treatment, captivating juvenile angle, effective dramatic twists, good comedy and excellent atmosphere."[3] In Australia, The Examiner described it as "one of the surprise hits of the year".[7] Praise was particularly given to the two main actors, Shaun Glenville and Peggy Cummins. Despite the latter's young age, Kinematograph Weekly predicted that "Given the chance, she'll go far".[3]

Halliwell's Film Guide describes it as a "somewhat woebegone tearjerker with an interesting cast".[8]

The film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[3] No sequences of film are known to survive, although the BFI does possess a collection of stills from the production.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Michael Freedland (9 January 2018). "Peggy Cummins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ^ "BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "'Dr. O'Dowd' – 75 Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ David Thomson (2010). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Fifth Edition. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 570. ISBN 978-0-7481-0850-3.
  5. ^ Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (1998). Femme noir: bad girls of film. McFarland. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7864-0429-2.
  6. ^ International Motion Picture Almanac. Quigley Publications. 1951.
  7. ^ a b "Roland Young in New Role". The Examiner. 7 September 1940.
  8. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1994). Halliwell's Film Guide. Harper Perennial. p. 305. ISBN 9780062733184.
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