Owen Moore — An Irish Gentleman (1925) 🇺🇸

Though for many years he has given a fine ability to the screen, and was one of its pioneers, Owen Moore clings to the traditions of the stage.

His motion-picture career, he will tell you without hesitation, has always been simply a matter of financial expediency, that in his heart he has never accepted the rôle of film actor seriously.

His stage technique still subconsciously colors his acting, and probably always will. He refuses to become enthusiastic over the opportunities that have been his this past year.

As it is difficult for a stranger to get beneath the shell of his outward personality and see the realities of character that underly his dry humor, Moore can best be described in the words of an old friend:

“He is a Celt of the Celts — high-tempered, impetuous, emotional, but disclaiming emotion as something to be covered up. Obstinate, but yielding magnificently if he can be made to see his error. He never gives in under pressure except through a change of his own convictions — but then he is contrite. He is very sensitive, but wouldn’t for the world show it.

“Owen has immense personal charm and an unusual amount of dignity — a personality which may give an erroneous impression, which must be known thoroughly, through many tests, to be fully understood. He is inclined to pose a bit, though I hardly think he is conscious of it.

“In spirit, really, he is just a great big boy.”

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Photo by: Walter Fredrick Seely

Collection: Picture Play Magazine, May 1925