Rookies (1927)
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Gangly Karl Dane and diminutive George K. Arthur were teamed up for the first time in MGM's Rookies. Clearly conceived to cash in on the success of Paramount's Wallace Beery-Raymond Hatton service comedy Behind the Front, this Dane-Arthur vehicle finds our mismatched heroes cast as a sergeant and private during WWI. After several hilarious if disjointed slapstick misadventures, the boys are set adrift in a reconnaissance balloon. There was hardly an original moment in Rookies, but that's not to say it wasn't funny. The film was an enormous box-office hit, spawning a series of equally well-received feature films starring Dane and Arthur. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Karl Dane - Sergeant Diggs
- Marceline Day - Betty Wayne
- Tom O'Brien - Sergeant O'Brien
- George K. Arthur - Greg Lee
- Louise Lorraine - Zella Fay
- E.H. Calvert
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- Byron Morgan
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