Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking is a 1945 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson. The plot involves a strong-minded mother keeping her family afloat through World War I and the Great Depression. The film was based on the autobiography of the same name, published in 1943, by Louise Randall Pierson.
Plot
Louise Randall Pierson (Rosalind Russell) does not have an easy life. When she is a teenager, her beloved father dies, leaving her, her mother, and her sister in financial difficulty. However, heeding her father's advice to shoot for the stars, she remains undaunted. She goes to college and learns typing and shorthand; on her first (temporary) job, she overcomes the prejudice of her new boss, Lew Morton (Alan Hale, Sr.), against women workers.
Cast
- Alan Hale
- Andrea King
- Andy Clyde
- Ann Doran
- Ann E. Todd
- Arthur Shields
- Blossom Rock
- Charles Pearce Coleman
- Charles Sullivan
- Craig Stevens
- Cyril Ring
- Donald Woods
- Eddie Acuff
- Eily Malyon
- Emmett Vogan
- Ferris Taylor
- Francis Pierlot
- Frank Darien
- Frank Puglia
- Helene Thimig
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Irving Bacon
- Jack Carson
- John Alvin
- John Mylong
- John Qualen
- Johnny Sheffield
- Joyce Compton
- Kathleen Lockhart
- Lee Phelps
- Lynn Baggett
- Mickey Kuhn
- Mona Freeman
- Paul Panzer
- Pierre Watkin
- Ray Collins
- Robert Hutton
- Rosalind Russell
- Russell Simpson
- Sig Arno
- Victoria Horne
- Walter Baldwin
More details
| author | Catherine Turney |
|---|---|
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | David Weisbart |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | 1939 new york world's fair army reserve bank buy family man infantile paralysis married new boss park stock market crash stock market crashes type united states army reserve vacuum cleaner wall street crash of 1929 world war ii yale university younger woman |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | Henry Blanke |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical |