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. 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.Stenn 2000 p.302
Plot A woman called Rosie O'Reilly (played by Clara Bow) visits Coney Island with a friend and is told by a fortune teller that she will become a famous dancer, she establishes a cabaret act and attempts to rise in society, but faces frequent rejection.
Rosie attempts to help her boyfriend Joe Hennessy (played by Reed Howes) to win a boxing match by creating a distraction.
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
Preservation
Rough House Rosie is now presumed lost, but a 53-second trailer survives. Although more rediscovered fragments have appeared in a 2012 Documentary Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess, however the complete status is unclear.Rough House Rosie at silentera.com
See also List of partially lost films List of rediscovered films The Main Event (1927)
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Poster; old version Skinny lobby poster collage of window cards(Ha)