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Sweet Rosie O'Grady

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Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Directed byIrving Cummings
Screenplay byKen Englund
Story byWilliam R. Lippman
Frederick Stephani
Edward Van Every
Produced byWilliam Perlberg
StarringBetty Grable
Robert Young
Adolphe Menjou
Reginald Gardiner
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byHarry Warren (music)
Mack Gordon (lyrics)
Leigh Harline
Charles E. Henderson
Cyril J. Mockridge
Herbert W. Spencer
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • October 1, 1943 (1943-10-01)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,185,000[1]
Box office$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

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

Box office

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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

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