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Rookies (film)

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Cinematography
  
Ira H. Morgan

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Sam Wood

Genres
  
Comedy, Silent film


Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Writer
  
Joe Farnham
,
Bryan Morgan

Release date
  
April 30, 1927

Cast
  
Karl Dane, George K. Arthur

Similar movies
  
Related Sam Wood movies

Rookies is a 1927 comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.

Contents

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.

A film preserved by MGM. A trailer exists at the Library of Congress.

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 (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Rookies (film) IMDb