A Bit of the Irish, Plenty of Variety
Legend tells us St. Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland, which is more blarney than fact. But still March is a fine time to focus on the Emerald Isle and the Packard Campus Theater will do so with a number of films from and/or about Ireland. John Ford, a first generation Irish-American directs two of the month’s offerings: the rarely seen The Rise of the Moon (1957) and the most classic of all Hollywood films about Ireland, The Quiet Man