Sweet Rosie O'Grady
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Screenplay by | Ken Englund |
| Story by | William R. Lippman Frederick Stephani Edward Van Every |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Starring | Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Music by | Harry Warren (music) Mack Gordon (lyrics) Leigh Harline Charles E. Henderson Cyril J. Mockridge Herbert W. Spencer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,185,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,964,000 (US rentals)[2] |
Sweet Rosie O'Grady is a 1943 Technicolor musical film about an American singer who attempts to better herself by marrying an English duke, but is harassed by a reporter. Directed by Irving Cummings, it stars Betty Grable and Robert Young.
Cast
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- Betty Grable as Madeleine Marlowe / Rosie O'Grady
- Robert Young as Sam Magee
- Adolphe Menjou as Thomas Moran
- Reginald Gardiner as Charles, Duke of Trippingham
- Virginia Grey as Edna Van Dyke
- Phil Regan as Mr. Clark
- Sig Ruman as Joe Flugelman
- Alan Dinehart as Arthur Skinner
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Clark
- Frank Orth as Taxi Driver
- Jonathan Hale as Mr. Fox
- George Cockerill as Singer
Box office
[edit]Betty Grable was the number one box-office attraction at the time of this film's release. Her other film that year was Coney Island, and both were among the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1943 and two of 20th Century Fox's big money makers that year.
References
[edit]- ^ "Quick Money". Variety. 15 November 1944. p. 8.
- ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943 film).
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady at the TCM Movie Database
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady at IMDb
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- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Irving Cummings
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- Films scored by Leigh Harline
- 1940s romantic musical films
- Films produced by William Perlberg
- 1940s American films
- English-language romantic comedy films
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- English-language musical comedy films
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