Rory O'More

Rory O'More

NR 1911 · 12 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ballad about him, this one-reeler is one of the Kalem pictures shot by Olcott and his company on their second trip to the Emerald Isle.

Directed by Sidney Olcott · Written by Gene Gauntier

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