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{{Infobox film
| name = Old Mother Riley
| image = "Old_Mother_Riley"_(1937).jpg
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| caption = Front of house re-release (1942) still
| director = [[Oswald Mitchell]]
| producer = Norman Hope-Bell
| writers = [[John Argyle]]<br> Con West
| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]] <br> [[Kitty McShane]] <br> [[Barbara Everest]] <br> [[Patrick Ludlow]]
| music = [[Horace Sheldon]]
| cinematography = Jack Parker
| editing = [[Challis Sanderson]]
| studio = [[Butcher's Film Service]]
| distributor = Butcher's Film Service
| released = August 1937 (UK)
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''Old Mother Riley''''' is a 1937 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Oswald Mitchell]] and starring [[Arthur Lucan]] in the lead, with [[Kitty McShane]], [[Barbara Everest]], [[Patrick Ludlow]] and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44888 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117082114/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44888 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-17 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | OLD MOTHER RILEY (1937) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref>

This is the first in a series of films made between 1937–1952, featuring Arthur Lucan's elderly drag character, and her daughter Kitty. After small roles in the Irish ''[[Kathleen Mavourneen (1937 film)|Kathleen Mavourneen]]'' (also 1937), Lucan and McShane were approached to star in their own film, ''Old Mother Riley''. The film was cheaply made (it cost £2,000, taking six weeks to shoot) and based on their music hall sketch ‘The Matchseller’. ''Old Mother Riley'' was a box office success and ''[[Old Mother Riley in Paris]]'' soon followed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/2007/01/19/old-mother-riley-the-life-and-career-of-arthur-lucan/ |title=Old Mother Riley: The Life and Career of Arthur Lucan |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213757/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/2007/01/19/old-mother-riley-the-life-and-career-of-arthur-lucan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Plot==
In his will, a wealthy match magnate leaves his fortune to his family, the only condition being that they must take in the first person they see selling matches. Very soon they are blessed with the presence of a loud Irish washerwoman, Old Mother Riley. Chaos ensues, as her presence in the household, and that of her daughter, Kitty, proves unwelcome.<ref name="tvguide1">{{cite web|author=TNT New |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley/review/108050 |title=Old Mother Riley Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Arthur Lucan]] – Mrs Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] – Kitty Riley
* [[Barbara Everest]] – Mrs Briggs
* [[Patrick Ludlow]] – Edwin Briggs
* Hubert Leslie – Captain Lawson
* [[Edith Sharpe]] – Matilda Lawson
* [[Syd Crossley]] – Butler
* [[Edgar Driver]] – Bill Jones
* [[Dorothy Vernon (actress)|Dorothy Vernon]] – Aggie Sparks

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' commented that "far from being impressive cinema, the "Old Mother Riley" series provided for some innocuous and occasionally hysterical entertainment."<ref name="tvguide1"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0029340}}

{{Oswald Mitchell}}

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[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Oswald Mitchell]]
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