LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Join us for free lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. 

 PROGRAMME 1:
JACK OF ALL MAIDS

Well-loved American comedian Will Rogers visiting Dublin in 1927.

FILM INFO: 3 mins, 1927, Black and White, Silent

DUBLIN OF THE WELCOMES

Directed by Tomás MacAnna and produced by Desmond Flynn, this remarkably quirky comedy explores courtship rituals at home and abroad through a series of character studies played by the legendary Jack MacGowran and his Abbey theatre chums.

FILM INFO: 27 mins, 1951, Black and White

PROGRAMME 2:

THE NEW MATCHMAKERS

This film, made by the Radharc team, shows the efforts made by rural priests to increase low marriage rates through the establishment of dating agencies – the Knock Marriage Bureau in Mayo and the A.B.C. (Anonymous Bachelor’s Club) in Limerick – which provide a ‘necessary service’ in the life of Ireland. Best dating preparation and conduct is taught at an etiquette class for young farmers at Glenamaddy.

FILM INFO: 25 mins, 1969, Black and White

Interested in films from the IFI Irish Film Archive? Check out what we’re screening this month in our From the Vaults series. 

See Also: Archive at Lunchtime Programme 1 & Archive at Lunchtime Programme 2.