Rose of Washington Square

May 5, 1939

1h 26m

★ 5.8

SONG BY SONG...SCENE BY SCENE THE THRILL GROWS GREATER! THE STARS OF "IN OLD CHICAGO" AND "ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" BRING YOU THEIR BIG 1939 HIT!

Overview

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Bart Clinton

Tyrone Power

Rose Sargent

Alice Faye

Ted Cotter

Al Jolson

Harry Long

William Frawley

Peggy

Joyce Compton

Whitey Boone

Hobart Cavanaugh

Buck Russell

Moroni Olsen

Barouche Driver

E. E. Clive

Band Leader

Louis Prima

Mike Cavanaugh

Charles C. Wilson

District Attorney

Paul Stanton

Mr. Mok

Maurice Cass

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