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'The Ballroom of Romance' is a 1982 film directed by Pat O'Connor, based on a short story by William Trevor, set in rural Ireland in the 1950s,

Plot



Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realization that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for; and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan.

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Background and production



* The film was based on a short story by William Trevor set in County Leitrim, Ireland.

* The film was shot on location in Ballycroy, County Mayo as by 1982 the ballroom which William Trevor had originally written about had been modernized and no longer resembled a dance hall typical of 1950s Ireland.

Almost all of the production personnel involved in the BBC/RT co-production Ballroom of Romance came from the BBC, along with Producer Kenith Trodd.

The RT participation in the production consisted of Director Pat OConnor and Editor Maurice Healy. The post-production (Editing) was carried out at RT in Dublin, in early 1982.

Sound mixing was done at BBC Lime Grove Studios in Shepherds Bush, London. Rank Film Laboratories in Denham supplied the film prints for the television broadcasts.

Extras were from the locals from within the Ballycroy area.


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