The Shamrock and the Rose
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| Directed by | Jack Nelson |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
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Release date | April 15, 1927 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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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.
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
- as Mr. Cohen
- Dot Farley as Mrs. Kelly
- Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Cohen
- as Sammy Cohen
- Otto Lederer as Rabbi Naser
- Coy Watson as Mickey Kelly
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.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1927 films
- 1927 comedy films
- English-language films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American comedy films
- American silent feature films
- Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue
- Films directed by Jack Nelson
- Films set in New York City
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs