Sweet Rosie O'Grady explained

Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Director:Irving Cummings
Producer:William Perlberg
Screenplay:Ken Englund
Story:William R. Lippman
Frederick Stephani
Edward Van Every
Starring:Betty Grable
Robert Young
Adolphe Menjou
Reginald Gardiner
Music:Harry Warren (music)
Mack Gordon (lyrics)
Leigh Harline
Charles E. Henderson
Cyril J. Mockridge
Herbert W. Spencer
Cinematography:Ernest Palmer
Editing:Robert L. Simpson
Distributor:20th Century Fox
Runtime:74 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$1,185,000[1]
Gross:$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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Quick Money. Variety. 15 November 1944. 8.
  2. News: Variety. All-time Film Rental Champs. October 15, 1990. M162 to 166.