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When Helen arrives in Ireland with her father (Henry Stephenson), an emissary of the British Government, Riordan's revolutionaries are skirmishing with English troops. She meets Riordan and they fall in love before she knows who he is. When she finds out, loyalty to her father prompts her to set a trap that almost catches him. Loyalty to Riordan then prompts her to go to him and explain what she has done. English soldiers surround his house. When he escapes, Riordan has to promise his supporters not to see her again. He keeps the promise until the night...
...fact." The fact is the Irish rebellion of 1921. The legend, as presented by Writers John Balderston, William Meloney & Rose Franken, should certainly raise the eyebrows of students of recent Irish history. As the hero of the ''trouble," it presents a romantic young patriot named Dennis Riordan (Brian Aherne). It derives the Irish Free State's Constitution from a few words that pass between him and his English inamorata. Lady Helen Drummond (Merle Oberon...
...this first Hollywood effort of 31-year-old Director Henry C. Potter, who got his start in the young New York theatrical firm of Potter & Haight, will probably reach and please an even larger audience. Strenuously romantic, magnificently acted and produced, it contains numerous moments of honest cinematic intensity: Riordan and his best friend (Jerome Cowan) escaping from English soldiers across the Dublin roofs; the wife (Karen Morley) of one of Riordan's lieutenants getting the news she has been waiting for, that English soldiers have killed her husband...
Messrs. Smith & Raskob had indeed been members of a syndicate to buy stock of their pet little Manhattan bank, County Trust Co. In fact they had been members of two pools. One dark Friday in November 1929 President James J. Riordan of County Trust had shot himself to death in his home. "We, with the help of Governor Smith, were able to keep the news of his unfortunate death from the news papers until Saturday noon when the bank closed," related Mr. Raskob. President Riordan's suicide had nothing to do with the bank but the directors were fearful...
Another syndicate was formed in 1930 to buy 1,000 shares of County Trust so that the directors could offer the inducement of an option to Orie Kelly whom they wanted as a successor to Mr. Riordan. The stock declined, however, and Mr. Kelly let his option lapse. Once again the members were called upon to take up their stock and the loan was paid off. So suavely precise, so frank with his facts was Mr. Raskob that even the Senators could find no fault with his story...