Rough House Rosie

1927 film

May 14, 1927 (1927-05-14)

Running time

66 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)Budget$225,000^[1]Box office$1,125,000^[1]

Rough House Rosie is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Strayer. The film is a starring vehicle for Clara Bow who was then Paramount's most popular actress. Reed Howes, a model turned actor, is Bow's leading man.

The film was based on the story of the same name by Nunnally Johnson that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.^[2] The story was adapted for the screen by Max Marcin, with a screenplay by Louise Long and Ethel Doherty and titles by George Marion, Jr.^[3] Rough House Rosie is now presumed lost, but a 53-second trailer survives. Although New clips have appeared in a 2012 Documentary Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess, however the complete status is unclear. ^[4]

Plot

Cast

Clara Bow as Rosie O'Reilly
Reed Howes as Joe Hennessey
Arthur Housman as Kid Farrell
Doris Hill as Ruth
Douglas Gilmore as Arthur Russell
John Miljan as Lew McKay
Henry Kolker as W.S. Davids

See also

References

^ ^a ^b Stenn, David (2000). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Cooper Square Press. p. 97. ISBN 1-461-66091-2.
^ Wohlstetter, Charles (1997). The Right Time the Right Place. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 89. ISBN 1-557-83310-9.
^ Stenn 2000 p.302
^ Rough House Rosie at silentera.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rough House Rosie.

Rough House Rosie at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Poster; old version
Skinny lobby poster
Rough House Rosie trailer on YouTube
collage of window cards(Ha)

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Films directed by Frank R. Strayer

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The Fate of a Flirt (1925)
The Lure of the Wild (1925)
Steppin' Out (1925)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926)
When the Wife's Away (1926)
Pleasure Before Business (1927)
The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
Now We're in the Air (1927)
Rough House Rosie (1927)
Just Married (1928)
Moran of the Marines (1928)
Partners in Crime (1928)
Acquitted (1929)
The Fall of Eve (1929)
Borrowed Wives (1930)
Let's Go Places (1930)
Anybody's Blonde (1931)
Caught Cheating (1931)
Dragnet Patrol (1931)
Soul of the Slums (1931)
Murder at Midnight (1931)
The Monster Walks (1932)
Dynamite Denny (1932)
Manhattan Tower (1932)
The Crusader (1932)
Tangled Destinies (1932)
Gorilla Ship (1932)
Love in High Gear (1932)
Behind Stone Walls (1932)
Forbidden Melody (1933)
El rey de los gitanos (1933)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
In the Money (1933)
By Appointment Only (1933)
Dance Girl Dance (1933)
Las fronteras del amor (1934)
La cruz y la espada (1934)
Fugitive Road (1934)
In Love with Life (1934)
The Ghost Walks (1934)
Cross Streets (1934)
Fifteen Wives (1934)
Port of Lost Dreams (1934)
One in a Million (1934)
Twin Husbands (1934)
Condemned to Live (1935)
Public Opinion (1935)
Death from a Distance (1935)
Symphony of Living (1935)
Society Fever (1935)
Sea Spoilers (1936)
Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936)
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
The Jones Family in Big Business (1937)
Off to the Races (1937)
Borrowing Trouble (1937)
Hot Water (1937)
Blondie! (1938)
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Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
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Blondie on a Budget (1940)
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Blondie in Society (1941)
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
Blondie for Victory (1942)
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