The Shamrock and the Rose
The Shamrock and the Rose is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck and Edmund Burns.[1] On the East Side feuding families the Cohens and the Kellys own an ice cream and a hot dog stand respectively, but their children have fallen in love.
| The Shamrock and the Rose | |
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| Directed by | Jack Nelson |
| Written by | Owen Davis (play) Isadore Bernstein James Madison |
| Starring | Mack Swain Olive Hasbrouck Edmund Burns |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Chadwick Pictures Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
Release date | April 15, 1927 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
It was one of a series of film presenting inter-community romance between Irish Americans and Jewish Americans.
Cast
- Mack Swain as Mr. Kelly
- Olive Hasbrouck as Rosie Cohen
- Edmund Burns as Tom Kelly
- Maurice Costello as Father O'Brien
- William H. Strauss as Mr. Cohen
- Dot Farley as Mrs. Kelly
- Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Cohen
- Leon Holmes as Sammy Cohen
- Otto Lederer as Rabbi Naser
- Coy Watson as Mickey Kelly
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References
- McCaffrey & Jacobs p.92
Bibliography
- Ruth Barton. Irish National Cinema. Routledge, 2004.
- Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.
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