Rookies (film)
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File:Karl Dane chorus girls 1927.jpg
Still with Karl Dane and chorus girls
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Directed by | Sam Wood |
Written by | Joe Farnham Bryan Morgan |
Starring | Karl Dane George K. Arthur |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates
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April 30, 1927 |
Running time
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70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
Rookies is a 1927 comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.[1]
Set in World War I, an entertainer named Greg Lee, played by George K. Arthur gets drafted as a private and gets pitted against a tough Drill Sergeant Diggs, played by Karl Dane. Private Lee does everything he can to annoy Sergeant Diggs thinking it will get him thrown out of the Army. Both men have their sights set on the pretty Betty Wayne played by Marceline Day and the two men find themselves set adrift in a reconnaissance balloon. Because of the popularity of this film this would be the first of several collaborations between the two actors.[2]
A film preserved by MGM.[3] A trailer exists at the Library of Congress.[4]
Contents
Cast
- Karl Dane - Sergeant Diggs
- George K. Arthur - Greg Lee
- Marceline Day - Betty Wayne
- Louise Lorraine - Zella Fay
- Frank Currier - The Judge
- E. H. Calvert - The Colonel
- Tom O'Brien - Sgt. O'Brien
- Charles Sullivan - Cpl. Sullivan
- Lincoln Stedman - Sleepy
- Gene Stone - Smarty
Crew
- Cedric Gibbons - Set Designer
- David Townsend - Set Designer
- Andre'-ani - Costume Design
- Herbert I. Leeds - Title Illustration (as Bert Levy)
References
- ↑ Rookies at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Rookies
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress, page 155 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Rookies at IMDb
- allmovie/synopsis
- lobby poster
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