{{short description|1961 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Cradle of Genius | image = | caption = | director = Paul Rotha | producer = Tom Hayes<br>Jim O'Connor | writer = | narrator = | cinematography = Wolfgang Suschitzky | editing = | distributor = Rank Organisation<ref>{{Cite news| title = Ingenious film-maker and tireless advocate of the Irish film industry| newspaper = The Irish Times| accessdate = 23 February 2019| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ingenious-film-maker-and-tireless-advocate-of-the-irish-film-industry-1.916988}}</ref> | released = {{film date|df=yes|1961}} | runtime = 25 minutes | country = Ireland | language = English }} '''''Cradle of Genius''''' is a 1961 Irish short documentary film directed by Paul Rotha on the history of the Abbey Theatre.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Manchester University Press| isbn = 978-0-7190-6907-9| last = O'Brien| first = Harvey| title = The Real Ireland: The Evolution of Ireland in Documentary Film| date = 2004|page=275}}</ref> It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/152244/Cradle-of-Genius/details |title=NY Times: Cradle of Genius |accessdate=29 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015213103/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/152244/Cradle-of-Genius/details |archive-date=15 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Oscars1962">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962 |title=The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=24 May 2019|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
==Cast== * Eileen Crowe * Maureen Delany * Barry Fitzgerald * Siobhán McKenna
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0054767|title=Cradle of Genius}} *Watch [https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/cradle-of-genius/ ''Cradle of Genius''] at the Irish Film Archive {{Paul Rotha}}
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