sentences:  The first production to emerge from Ardmore Studios was an adaptation of Walter Macken's play, "Home Is the Hero", starring Macken and directed by Emmy Award-winning Fielder Cooke.Renowned British director George Pollock shot the next two productions at the studio, "Sally's Irish Rogue" and "The Big Birthday", both based on popular Abbey theatre comedies.In the late 1950s, managing director Emmet Dalton and entrepreneur Louis Elliman travelled to the US to promote the studios and to acquire foreign investment.