Rafter Romance

Sep 1, 1933

1h 13m

★ 6.5

Overview

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Rafter Romance Trailers

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Cast

Mary

Ginger Rogers

Jack

Norman Foster

Eckbaum

George Sidney

Hubbell

Robert Benchley

Elise

Laura Hope Crews

Fritzie

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Julius

Sidney Miller

Telemarketer (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Morton McGillicuddy (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Rosie Eckbaum (uncredited)

Ferike Boros

Blonde Telemarketer (uncredited)

June Brewster

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