Raggedy Rose

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Raggedy Rose
Poster of the movie Raggedy Rose.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Richard Wallace
F. Richard Jones (supervising director)
Stan Laurel (asst. director)
Written by Carl Harbaugh
Stan Laurel
Leroy Scott
Jerome Storm
Beatrice Van
Hal Yates
H. M. Walker (titles)
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Mabel Normand
Cinematography Harry W. Gerstad
Floyd Jackman
Edited by Richard C. Currier
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • November 7, 1926 (1926-11-07)(United States)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
The full film

Raggedy Rose is a 1926 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand. The film was co-written by Stan Laurel, and directed by Richard Wallace. [1] [2]

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Cast

Plot

Rose (Normand), who works for a junk dealer (Davidson), dreams of romance with bachelor Ted Tudor (Miller).

Production notes

Oliver Hardy had been injured in a cooking accident at home where he burned his arm after a frying pan of scalding grease spilled onto it, and he was recovering when filming for Raggedy Rose began. This accident also forced Hardy to be replaced by Stan Laurel in the Hal Roach comedy Get 'Em Young . [3]

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References

  1. "Raggedy Rose". FilmAffinity . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Raggedy Rose at silentera.com
  3. Louvish, Simon (2001). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Thomas Dunne Books. p. 185. ISBN   978-0-312-32598-5.