Denis Condon
@deniscondon.bsky.social
A lot of this will be about cinema. My interests are global but my research is mainly on Ireland a century ago. Lecturer at Maynooth University.
This week 1925, armed raiders stole the copy of Ypres (UK: British Instructional Films) due for a run at Dublin's Masterpiece. The management acquired a new print from Thursday, and "thousands flocked around this popular picture house." Images: Evening Herald. #EarlyIrishCinema
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This week 1925, armed raiders stole the copy of Ypres (UK: British Instructional Films) due for a run at Dublin's Masterpiece. The management acquired a new print from Thursday, and "thousands flocked around this popular picture house." Images: Evening Herald. #EarlyIrishCinema
On 10 November 1925, Kells's Cinema offered "the most ambitious screen programme ever shown locally," beginning with America (US: Griffith, 1924), followed by The Moon of Israel (Austria/UK: Sascha, 1924) later in the week. Images: Meath Chronicle and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
On 10 November 1925, Kells's Cinema offered "the most ambitious screen programme ever shown locally," beginning with America (US: Griffith, 1924), followed by The Moon of Israel (Austria/UK: Sascha, 1924) later in the week. Images: Meath Chronicle and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
El Putnam talks to Joanna Walsh about her book Amateurs: How We Built lnternet Culture and Why It Matters as part of a seminar on Digital Intersections: Exploring Art, Language and Resistance @maynoothuniversity.ie
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
El Putnam talks to Joanna Walsh about her book Amateurs: How We Built lnternet Culture and Why It Matters as part of a seminar on Digital Intersections: Exploring Art, Language and Resistance @maynoothuniversity.ie
On 3 November 1925, Dublin's Corinthian was showing The Unholy Three (US: MGM, 1925) directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, Victor McLaglen and Mae Busch, "an eerie crook subject, its weightiness being augmented by the magnificent acting." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb #EarlyIrishCinema
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
On 3 November 1925, Dublin's Corinthian was showing The Unholy Three (US: MGM, 1925) directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, Victor McLaglen and Mae Busch, "an eerie crook subject, its weightiness being augmented by the magnificent acting." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb #EarlyIrishCinema
At the start of November 1925, Irish newspapers reported on the deaths in Paris by suicide or possible murder-suicide of French film comedian Max Linder and his wife Hélène Peters. Images: Sunday Independent, Cork Examiner and Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At the start of November 1925, Irish newspapers reported on the deaths in Paris by suicide or possible murder-suicide of French film comedian Max Linder and his wife Hélène Peters. Images: Sunday Independent, Cork Examiner and Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema
On 1 November 1925, Roscommon's Provincial Electric Cinema Co. offered The Cowboy and the Lady (US: Paramount, 1922): "more unfortunate than a spinster who cannot get a good husband is a wife who cannot get rid of a bad one." Images: Roscommon Messenger & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On 1 November 1925, Roscommon's Provincial Electric Cinema Co. offered The Cowboy and the Lady (US: Paramount, 1922): "more unfortunate than a spinster who cannot get a good husband is a wife who cannot get rid of a bad one." Images: Roscommon Messenger & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
On 31 October 1925, the Irish Independent reported that Dublin's La Scala had been cautioned and fined for showing a copy of Reveille (UK: Welsh-Pearson, 1924) that included material that had been cut by the Irish film censor. Images: Independent and Bioscope. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On 31 October 1925, the Irish Independent reported that Dublin's La Scala had been cautioned and fined for showing a copy of Reveille (UK: Welsh-Pearson, 1924) that included material that had been cut by the Irish film censor. Images: Independent and Bioscope. #EarlyIrishCinema
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Grand Central advertised its run of Tom Mix's The Deadwood Coach (US: Fox, 1924) by parking a stagecoach in front of the cinema in O'Connell Street, which was still advertising A Woman of Paris (US: Chaplin, 1923). Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Grand Central advertised its run of Tom Mix's The Deadwood Coach (US: Fox, 1924) by parking a stagecoach in front of the cinema in O'Connell Street, which was still advertising A Woman of Paris (US: Chaplin, 1923). Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
This week 1925, Irish newspapers reported on the filming of a reenactment of the burning of Dublin's Custom House in May 1921 as part of the production of Irish Destiny (Ireland: Eppels, 1926). Images: Wikipedia, Irish Independent and Kerry Reporter. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This week 1925, Irish newspapers reported on the filming of a reenactment of the burning of Dublin's Custom House in May 1921 as part of the production of Irish Destiny (Ireland: Eppels, 1926). Images: Wikipedia, Irish Independent and Kerry Reporter. #EarlyIrishCinema
Sarah Arnold delivers a talk on "Irish-Language Broadcasting: Gender, Language and Region" to kick off Maynooth University's Media Studies Research seminar.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sarah Arnold delivers a talk on "Irish-Language Broadcasting: Gender, Language and Region" to kick off Maynooth University's Media Studies Research seminar.
"What is the Price of a Cinema Seat?" an ad for Velocium tonic asked in the Irish Independent #OTD 1925. "After sitting for hours in a Picture House in used-up air, often hot and thick and germ-infested, is it any wonder the night-wind catches you off guard?" #EarlyIrishCinema
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"What is the Price of a Cinema Seat?" an ad for Velocium tonic asked in the Irish Independent #OTD 1925. "After sitting for hours in a Picture House in used-up air, often hot and thick and germ-infested, is it any wonder the night-wind catches you off guard?" #EarlyIrishCinema
On 15 October 1925, Dublin's Metropole was showing the early dinosaur special effect epic The Lost World (US: First National, 1925), which "takes us back to the world that existed long before man inhabited it." Images: Evening Herald & Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On 15 October 1925, Dublin's Metropole was showing the early dinosaur special effect epic The Lost World (US: First National, 1925), which "takes us back to the world that existed long before man inhabited it." Images: Evening Herald & Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema
Stills from two new Irish films featured in the Evening Herald this week 1925: the surviving Irish Destiny and the lost Land of Her Fathers (Transatlantic, 1925), starring Phyllis O'Hara Micheál MacLiammóir and the Abbey Players. Images: Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Stills from two new Irish films featured in the Evening Herald this week 1925: the surviving Irish Destiny and the lost Land of Her Fathers (Transatlantic, 1925), starring Phyllis O'Hara Micheál MacLiammóir and the Abbey Players. Images: Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
#OTD 1925, the Evening Herald published a still from A Woman of Paris (US: Chaplin, 1923), starring Edna Purviance and directed by Charlie Chaplin but not featuring him, in advance of its run at Dublin's Grand Central the following week. Images: Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#OTD 1925, the Evening Herald published a still from A Woman of Paris (US: Chaplin, 1923), starring Edna Purviance and directed by Charlie Chaplin but not featuring him, in advance of its run at Dublin's Grand Central the following week. Images: Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
On 1 October 1925, Dublin's Masterpiece, Talbot Street, was showing The Siren of Seville (US: Stromberg, 1924), starring Priscilla Dean, "the empress of elemental emotions," and accompanied by special music arranged by the orchestra. Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
On 1 October 1925, Dublin's Masterpiece, Talbot Street, was showing The Siren of Seville (US: Stromberg, 1924), starring Priscilla Dean, "the empress of elemental emotions," and accompanied by special music arranged by the orchestra. Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
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🇵🇸 That's solidarity! 175 great civil society groups have endorsed our National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday. See you at the Garden of Remembrance at 12.30pm, all out for Palestine! #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide 🇵🇸
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🇵🇸 That's solidarity! 175 great civil society groups have endorsed our National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday. See you at the Garden of Remembrance at 12.30pm, all out for Palestine! #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide 🇵🇸
The Sea Hawk (US: Lloyd, 1924) was swashing the buckles of audiences at Powell's Cinema, Roscrea #OTD 1925. Images: Midland Tribune and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Sea Hawk (US: Lloyd, 1924) was swashing the buckles of audiences at Powell's Cinema, Roscrea #OTD 1925. Images: Midland Tribune and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
This week 1925, the Irish Free State Prison Board identified "an entirely new class of criminal, composed of half-educated youths, who... have grown up in lawless habits, and the streets and the cinema have been the main sources of their moral education." Image: Irish News. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This week 1925, the Irish Free State Prison Board identified "an entirely new class of criminal, composed of half-educated youths, who... have grown up in lawless habits, and the streets and the cinema have been the main sources of their moral education." Image: Irish News. #EarlyIrishCinema
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Corinthian offered The Epic of Everest (UK: Dafu, 1924), with cinematographer J.B. Noel in attendance, accompanied by seven lamas: "this is the first time in the history of the world that a Lama has set foot in a European country." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Corinthian offered The Epic of Everest (UK: Dafu, 1924), with cinematographer J.B. Noel in attendance, accompanied by seven lamas: "this is the first time in the history of the world that a Lama has set foot in a European country." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
"'The Last Laugh' is one of the few artistic successes the cinematograph has produced," Dublin's Evening Herald opined this week 1925. In it, Emil Jannings "proves himself one of the best, if not the best, actors the screen possesses." Images: Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"'The Last Laugh' is one of the few artistic successes the cinematograph has produced," Dublin's Evening Herald opined this week 1925. In it, Emil Jannings "proves himself one of the best, if not the best, actors the screen possesses." Images: Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Grand Central offered A Woman's Faith (US: Universal, 1925), the Metropole hosted The Man Who Fights Alone (US: Paramount, 1924) and the Corinthian had Without Warning (AKA The Story Without a Name; US: Paramount, 1924). Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#OTD 1925, Dublin's Grand Central offered A Woman's Faith (US: Universal, 1925), the Metropole hosted The Man Who Fights Alone (US: Paramount, 1924) and the Corinthian had Without Warning (AKA The Story Without a Name; US: Paramount, 1924). Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
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Dear HoMERites,
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dear HoMERites,
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
This week 1925, Dublin's Sandford Cinema in Ranelagh was fined £600, "a heavy and perhaps a crushing burden," for not tearing revenue stamps on its tickets in half. Images: Evening Herald and Cork Examiner. #EarlyIrishCinema
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week 1925, Dublin's Sandford Cinema in Ranelagh was fined £600, "a heavy and perhaps a crushing burden," for not tearing revenue stamps on its tickets in half. Images: Evening Herald and Cork Examiner. #EarlyIrishCinema
This week 1925, the Waterford News and Star reported that a live variety act at the Coliseum cinema in which a woman was being sawn in half ended in chaos when a helper from the crowd tied a knot that almost strangled the woman in the box. #EarlyIrishCinema
August 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This week 1925, the Waterford News and Star reported that a live variety act at the Coliseum cinema in which a woman was being sawn in half ended in chaos when a helper from the crowd tied a knot that almost strangled the woman in the box. #EarlyIrishCinema
On 27 August 1925,Dublin's Grafton was showing He Who Gets Slapped (US: MGM, 1924), starring Lon Chaney, who "runs away with the acting honours...His portrayal is nothing short of marvellous - it is one that comes from the soul." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema
August 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On 27 August 1925,Dublin's Grafton was showing He Who Gets Slapped (US: MGM, 1924), starring Lon Chaney, who "runs away with the acting honours...His portrayal is nothing short of marvellous - it is one that comes from the soul." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema