Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
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
Release date	October 1, 1943;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,185,000
Box office	$2,964,000 (US rentals)

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[edit]

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 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.