Beloved Enemy

For the 1994 novel of the same title, see Beloved Enemy (Ellen Jones)

Beloved Enemy

Directed by	H. C. Potter
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn George Haight
Written by	John Balderston Rose Franken William Brown Meloney
Starring	Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	1936 (1936)
Country	United States
Language	English

Beloved Enemy is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins.

Plot

During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan (Aherne) and English aristocrat Helen Drummond (Oberon) meet and fall in love. Riordan is pursued, however, by British army officer Captain Preston (Niven).

The original movie ended with Riordan getting shot and killed, but did not do well at the box office. A happier ending was also filmed which all subsequent versions have. The original cut has since been lost.

The movie has several comic relief scenes: after a raid on an IRA "safe house", British officers grumble about being not being able to find Riordan, who is in fact standing just behind them; when the Irish Delegation goes to a formal ball and is asked by the footman for their names to be announced, the delegation replies in Irish.

External links

Beloved Enemy at the Internet Movie Database
Beloved Enemy on Lux Radio Theater: December 27, 1937

Films directed by H. C. Potter

Beloved Enemy (1936)
Wings over Honolulu (1937)
Romance in the Dark (1938)
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Blackmail (1939)
Congo Maisie (1940)
Second Chorus (1940)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
A Likely Story (1947)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
The Time of Your Life (1948)
The Miniver Story (1950)
Three for the Show (1955)
Top Secret Affair (1957)

The films of Samuel Goldwyn

1920s	Slave of Desire (1923) Potash and Perlmutter (1923) The Eternal City (1923) Cytherea (1924) In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924) A Thief in Paradise (1925) His Supreme Moment (1925) The Dark Angel (1925) Stella Dallas (1925) The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) Partners Again (1926) The Night of Love (1927) The Magic Flame (1927) The Devil Dancer (1927) Two Lovers (1928) The Awakening (1928) Condemned (1929) The Rescue (1929) This Is Heaven (1929) Bulldog Drummond (1929)

1930s	Raffles (1930) Whoopee! (1930) The Devil to Pay! (1930) One Heavenly Night (1931) Street Scene (1931) Palmy Days (1931) The Unholy Garden (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Tonight or Never (1931) The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) The Kid From Spain (1932) Cynara (1932) The Masquerader (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) We Live Again (1934) Nana (1934) Kid Millions (1934) The Dark Angel (1935) The Wedding Night (1935) Barbary Coast (1935) Splendor (1935) These Three (1936) Dodsworth (1936) Come and Get It (1936) Strike Me Pink (1936) Beloved Enemy (1936) Woman Chases Man (1937) Stella Dallas (1937) Dead End (1937) The Hurricane (1937) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) The Goldwyn Follies (1938) They Shall Have Music (1939) Wuthering Heights (1939) The Real Glory (1939)

1940s	The Westerner (1940) The Little Foxes (1941) Ball of Fire (1941) The Pride of the Yankees (1942) They Got Me Covered (1943) The North Star (1943) Up in Arms (1944) The Princess and the Pirate (1944) Wonder Man (1945) The Kid From Brooklyn (1946) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) The Bishop's Wife (1947) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) A Song Is Born (1948) Enchantment (1948) Roseanna McCoy (1949) My Foolish Heart (1949)

1950s	Our Very Own (1950) Edge of Doom (1950) I Want You (1951) Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Guys and Dolls (1955) Porgy and Bess (1959)

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