O n August 21st, 1954, Illustrated Magazine published an article centering on the filming of Moby Dick in the town of Youghal (Cork, Ireland). Director John Huston, along with cast members Gregory Peck and Noel Purcell, among others, travelled down to the then ‘sleepy town’ of Youghal to film different scenes set in New Bedford. The town of Youghal provided the perfect backdrop to the original story, written by Herman Melville in 1851.
A gallery of the feature, as well as pictures taken during the shoot, may be viewed below (content courtesy of Illustrated Magazine).
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- ‘Moby Dick brings a boom to sleepy Youghal,’ says Illustrated Magazine, 1954.
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- Actor Gregory Peck pictured in a promotional feature for ‘Moby Dick’ in Youghal, Cork, Ireland, in 1954.
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- Actor Gregory Peck pictured in a promotional feature for ‘Moby Dick’ in Youghal, Cork, Ireland, in 1954.
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- Actor Orson Welles as Father Mapple in ‘Moby Dick’, 1956.
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- Illustrated Magazine (August 21st, 1954) which features a promotional feature on the shooting of ‘Moby Dick’ in Youghal, Cork, Ireland.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- The council called an emergency meeting, voted unanimously to co-operate – then adjourned to Fanny Brennan’s pub to celebrate
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- Ralph Brinton and Tony Engles converted Mary Boland’s huckster shop into the Spouter Inn. As trade boomed, she decided to keep it that way.
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- Senator Paddy O’Gorman was first to foresee the boom. Said he: “This is the biggest news since Youghal went to sleep sixty years ago”.
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- Hundreds of townspeople applied for jobs as extras in crowd scenes. Those who were chosen were paid 32s. 6d. a day; children got half
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- Paddy Linehan turned his butcher’s shop into a bar on Sundays. The meat went upstairs – into his bedroom.
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- During breaks in filming some extras nipped home to do housework, or went shopping or strolling -still in costume. This player just slept.
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- Dublin actor Noel Purcell talking to Garda Dempsey from Youghal; also included in the background is Youghal man Paddy Power.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Front cover of ‘Films and Filming’ which features Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in ‘Moby Dick’, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- ‘Films and Filming’ which features Gregory Peck of ‘Moby Dick’ fame, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Illustrated Magazine, 1954, which prominently featured Youghal in its article on the filming of ‘Moby Dick’.
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- Promotional poster for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional poster for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring cast members, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Promotional image for ‘Moby Dick’ featuring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, filmed in Youghal in 1954.
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- Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in ‘Moby Dick’ in a promotional feature shot in Youghal in 1954.
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- Scenes from John Huston’s ‘Moby Dick’, used in a promotional feature in Illustrated Magazine, 1954.
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- Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in ‘Moby Dick’ in a promotional feature shot in Youghal in 1954.
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- Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in ‘Moby Dick’ in a promotional feature shot in Youghal in 1954.
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- Actor Gregory Peck pictured in a promotional feature for ‘Moby Dick’ in Youghal, Cork, Ireland, in 1954.
