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
- 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
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
- ^ "Quick Money". Variety. 15 November 1944. p. 8.
- ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
External links
- 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