Noel Purcell and Dermot Breen
Dublin Core
Title
Noel Purcell and Dermot Breen
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Noel Purcell, Dermot Breen, Eileen Marmion
Description
This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing in front of a microphone with the Irish stage, television, and screen actor Noel Purcell. Purcell, with his trademark beard, and hands clasped before him, is looking at the microphone as if in conversation or mid-speech. Breen is looking up at Purcell on the right. Purcell was a regular visitor to the festival and there are many images of him in the archive.
He was born in Dublin in 1900 and started out as a schoolboy working at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Well known for his stagecraft Purcell would later appear in the first sound film version of The Blue Lagoon (Frank Launder, 1949), and has a large filmography including parts in Moby Dick (John Huston, 1956), Mutiny on the Bounty (Lewis Milestone, 1962), and The Mackintosh Man (1973) directed by John Huston. He was married to Eileen Marmion who was also a stage performer who performed all over Ireland and the UK. Noel Purcell died in 1985, age 85, and his wife Marmion died, age 100, in 2018.
He was born in Dublin in 1900 and started out as a schoolboy working at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Well known for his stagecraft Purcell would later appear in the first sound film version of The Blue Lagoon (Frank Launder, 1949), and has a large filmography including parts in Moby Dick (John Huston, 1956), Mutiny on the Bounty (Lewis Milestone, 1962), and The Mackintosh Man (1973) directed by John Huston. He was married to Eileen Marmion who was also a stage performer who performed all over Ireland and the UK. Noel Purcell died in 1985, age 85, and his wife Marmion died, age 100, in 2018.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Contributor
RW Hammond
Rights
©RW Hammond. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
256 x 204mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond, “Noel Purcell and Dermot Breen,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/96.