Sweet Rosie O'Grady

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.

Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Produced by	William Perlberg
Written by	William R. Lippman (story) Frederick Stephani (story) Edward Van Every (story) Ken Englund
Starring	Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner
Music by	Harry Warren (music) Mack Gordon (lyrics) Leigh Harline Charles E. Henderson Cyril J. Mockridge Herbert W. Spencer
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 1, 1943
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,964,000 (US rentals)[1]

Cast

The cover of sheet music for the titular song from the movie

• 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 this movie was also an enormous success. Both Coney Island and Sweet Rosie O'Grady were among the top 10 high-grossing films of 1943 and were two of 20th Century Fox's big money makers that year.

References

1. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.

External links

• Sweet Rosie O'Grady at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady at the TCM Movie Database
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady at IMDb
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady at AllMovie