Keep 'Em Rolling

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Keep 'Em Rolling
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Poster for the film at a theater in Australia
Directed by George Archainbaud
Argyle Nelson (assistant)
Written by Albert Shelby Le Vino
F. McGrew Willis
Based onRodney by Leonard Hastings Nason
Produced by Merian C. Cooper
William Sistrom (associate)
Starring Walter Huston
Frances Dee
Cinematography Harold Wenstrom
William Casel
Edited by William Hamilton
Music by Max Steiner
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company
Release date
  • March 2, 1934 (1934-03-02)(US) [1]
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Keep 'Em Rolling is a 1934 American drama film, directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Albert Shelby Le Vino and F. McGrew Willis. [2] It starred Walter Huston and Frances Dee and the men of the U.S. Army's 16th Field Artillery Regiment. [2] Filmed partially at Fort Myer, Virginia, with then-Captain Harold W. Blakeley as technical advisor, the story revolves around a World War I field artillery horse named Rodney and his soldier, Benny Walsh (played by Walter Huston). [2] The movie is based on the short story "Rodney" written by Leonard Hastings Nason that appeared on January 21, 1933, issue of the Saturday Evening Post magazine. [3]

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  1. "Keep 'Em Rolling: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Coming to the West Bend". West Bend Pilot. West Bend, WI. May 3, 1934. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Michael, John (2011). Fort Myer. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 54. ISBN   978-0-7385-8735-6 via Google Books.