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Release Date: 1939

Cast: Alice Faye, Horace McMahon, Charles C. Wilson, Joyce Compton, Ben Welden, William Frawley, E. E. Clive, Al Jolson, Moroni Olsen, Louis Prima, Tyrone Power, Paul Stanton ...MORE

Cast: Alice Faye, Horace McMahon, Charles C. Wilson, Joyce Compton, Ben Welden, William Frawley, E. E. Clive, Al Jolson, Moroni Olsen, Louis Prima, Tyrone Power, Paul Stanton, Hobart Cavanaugh, John Hamilton, Harry Hayden ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Musical, Black-And-White, Film à Clef, Drama Film

Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film. Set in 1920s New York City, it focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con artist Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities threaten her professional success in the Ziegfeld Follies. Although the names of the principal characters were changed, the plot was so obviously inspired by vaudeville entertainer Fanny Brice's career and marriage to gambler Nicky Arnstein (both the film's title tune and "My Man" were closely associated with Brice) that she sued 20th Century Fox for $750,000. The studio... MORE

Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film. Set in 1920s New York City, it focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con artist Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities threaten her professional success in the Ziegfeld Follies. Although the names of the principal characters were changed, the plot was so obviously inspired by vaudeville entertainer Fanny Brice's career and marriage to gambler Nicky Arnstein (both the film's title tune and "My Man" were closely associated with Brice) that she sued 20th Century Fox for $750,000. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Written by Nunnally Johnson (who co-produced with Darryl F. Zanuck) and directed by Gregory Ratoff, it starred Alice Faye and Tyrone Power, with a supporting cast that included Al Jolson, William Frawley, Joyce Compton, Moroni Olsen, Charles Lane, and Louis Prima. LESS