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Frank Ryan (1907 - 1948) was an American writer and director of films, best known for his films with Deanna Durbin. In 1942 he was given a producer-director-writer contract at Universal. Select filmography. A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1940) - writer; Obliging Young Lady (1942) - writer; The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) - writer
- Early Life and Republican Activism
- Anti-Fascism and The Spanish Civil War
- Collaboration
- Legacy
There was little about Frank Ryan’s early life to mark him out for attention. Born near Knocklong, Co. Limerick, on 11 September 1902, he was the seventh of nine children of national-school teachers Vere Francis Ryan and Anne Slattery. After completing his secondary education at St Colman’s College, Fermoy, he joined the IRA’s East Limerick brigade...
In the late 1920s Ryan’s political outlook began to develop in a left-wing direction, reflecting a wider shift within the IRA. He was influenced by his friend and comrade, Peadar O’Donnell, who stressed the need for economic – as well as political – revolution to achieve a united Irish republic. In 1931 he was a supporter of Saor Eire, a left-wing ...
After a short sojourn in Ireland, recovering from wounds received at Jarama, Ryan returned to Spain where he was captured by Italian troops at Calaceite, near Gandesa, on the Aragon front in March 1938. Thus began the final – and strangest – chapter in Ryan’s career. For reasons that remain unclear – and despite diplomatic and political pressure fr...
Why did Ryan’s links with the Nazi regime not discredit his reputation? The astonishing revelation that Ryan, Ireland’s most celebrated anti-fascist, had spent the war in Berlin did cause concern in republican circles: in 1945 a commemoration committee decided not to publish the biography they had commissioned after his death in anticipation of rev...
Feb 16, 2012 · Frank Ryan fought in the Irish and Spanish civil wars but became a Hitler stooge. A new film tells his story, says Richard Fitzpatrick.
Frank Ryan (1902-1944). One of the best-known and most controversial revolutionaries of Irish history, Frank Ryan fought in the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, becoming a leader of the Irish Republican Army by the late 1920s.
Filming Major Ryan Filmmaker Des Bell and historian Fearghal McGarry outline the challenges and pitfalls involved in their collaboration on a TG4-commissioned documentary film on the life of Frank Ryan.
Historical Context. Critical Issues. Political and Historical Perspectives. Audience Response. Filmmaker Des Bell and historian Fearghal McGarry outline the challenges and pitfalls involved in their collaboration on a TG4-commissioned documentary film on the life of Frank Ryan.
Aug 20, 2014 · An Irish-language version, Duchéist Frank Ryan, was broadcast by TG4 in April 2014. 3. Several film-makers have been attracted to Ryan's story, in part because of its tragic elements, but also because of the enigmatic nature of Ryan's motivations.
