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Hungry Hill is a 1947 British film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Cecil Parker with a screenplay by Terence Young and Daphne du Maurier, from the 1943 novel by Daphne du Maurier.
Hungry Hill is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1943.It was her seventh novel. [1] There have been 33 editions of the book printed. [2]This family saga is based on the history of the Irish ancestors of Daphne du Maurier’s friend Christopher Puxley.
Hungry Hill lies on the border of counties Cork and Kerry, although the peak is on the Cork side. [citation needed] There is a cairn at the summit and a number of standing stones to the south and east of the mountain. At its eastern foot are two lakes — Coomadayallig and Coomarkane — which both drain into the Mare's Tail waterfall.
The Massacre at Hungry Hill, also known as the Battle of Grave Creek Hills [1] or Battle of Bloody Springs, [26] was the largest massacre of the Rogue River Wars. [27] It occurred on October 31, 1855.
Lockwood's first appearance as a film actor was in the 1947 film Hungry Hill, alongside her mother; she was only four years old when filming began. [5] She began to gain leading roles in the late 1950s, often in coming-of-age films such as Please Turn Over. She screen-tested for Hollywood with Columbia Pictures. [4]
After the Second World War he re-appeared in a number of bit parts throughout 1947 in films like Hungry Hill and Odd Man Out, which in turn led to larger roles in movies such as Uncle Silas (1947), Easy Money (1948) and in particular Ken Annakin's Broken Journey (1948), where he played the pilot of an aeroplane that crashes in the Alps.
Pat Critchley is a sportsman from County Laois, Ireland.He has played at senior level in hurling, football and handball. [1] He is a member of Portlaoise GAA club, with whom he won eight Laois Senior county championships - four each in hurling and football.
Castletownbere (Irish: Baile Chaisleáin Bhéarra), [2] or Castletown Berehaven, is a port town in County Cork, Ireland.It is on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour.. A regionally important fishing port, [3] the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub for the local hinterland. [4]