The Shamrock and the Rose

The Shamrock and the Rose
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Nelson
Written by	Isadore Bernstein James Madison
Based on	The Shamrock and the Rose by Owen Davis
Starring	Mack Swain Olive Hasbrouck Edmund Burns
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Production company	Chadwick Pictures
Distributed by	Chadwick Pictures Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date	April 15, 1927 (1927-04-15)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Shamrock and the Rose is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, and Edmund Burns.[1]

It was one of a series of film presenting inter-community romance between Irish Americans and Jewish Americans.

Plot

On the East Side of New York City, feuding families the Cohens and the Kellys own an ice cream and a hot dog stand respectively, but their children have fallen in love.

Cast

• Mack Swain as Mr. Kelly
• Olive Hasbrouck as Rosie Cohen
• Edmund Burns as Tom Kelly
• Maurice Costello as Father O'Brien
• William H. Strauss as Mr. Cohen
• Dot Farley as Mrs. Kelly
• Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Cohen
• Leon Holmes as Sammy Cohen
• Otto Lederer as Rabbi Naser
• Coy Watson as Mickey Kelly

References

1. McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 92

Bibliography

• Ruth Barton. Irish National Cinema. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-27895-3
• Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2

External links

• The Shamrock and the Rose at IMDb