Rookies (film)

Rookies
Still with Karl Dane and chorus girls
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	April 30, 1927
Running time	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]

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

Rookies at the Internet Movie Database
allmovie/synopsis
lobby poster

Films directed by Sam Wood

Double Speed (1920)
Excuse My Dust (1920)
The Dancin' Fool (1920)
Sick Abed (1920)
A City Sparrow (1920)
What's Your Hurry? (1920)
The Great Moment (1921)
Under the Lash (1921)
Don't Tell Everything (1922)
Her Husband's Trademark (1922)
Her Gilded Cage (1922)
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
My American Wife (1922)
Prodigal Daughters (1923)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923)
His Children's Children (1923)
The Next Corner (1924)
Bluff (1924)
The Female (1924)
The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
Fascinating Youth (1926)
Rookies (1927)
The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
The Latest from Paris (1928)
So This Is College (1929)
They Learned About Women (1930)
The Girl Said No (1930)
The Sins of the Children (1930)
Way for a Sailor (1930)
Paid (1930)
A Tailor Made Man (1931)
The Man in Possession (1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
Huddle (1932)
Prosperity (1932)
The Barbarian (1933)
Hold Your Man (1933)
Christopher Bean (1933)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Stamboul Quest (1934)
Let 'Em Have It (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Whipsaw (1935)
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Madame X (1937)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Lord Jeff (1938)
Stablemates (1938)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Raffles (1939)
Our Town (1940)
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Kings Row (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Guest Wife (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Heartbeat (1946)
Ivy (1947)
Command Decision (1948)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Ambush (1950)

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