''Rose of Santa Rosa'' is a 1947 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Ray Nazarro Ray Nazarro ''(aka'' "Ray" and "Nat;" ''né'' Raymond Alfred Nazarro; September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Budd Boetticher called him a "ten-day picture guy."Budd Boe ...

and written by Barry Shipman. The film stars Patricia Barry, Eduardo Noriega, Fortunio Bonanova, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ann Codee,

Rosita Marstini Rosita Marstini (September 19, 1887 – April 24, 1948) was a French dancer, stage personality, and silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France. Early life Rosita Marstini was born on September 19, 1887, in Nancy, France. She marrie ...

and

Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley, May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated m ...

. The film was released on December 25, 1947, by

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

Plot

Cast

* Patricia Barry as Dolores de Garfias * Eduardo Noriega as Ramón Ortega * Fortunio Bonanova as Don Manuel Ortega * Eduardo Ciannelli as Don José de Garfias * Ann Codee as Aunt Isabel *

as Mamacita *

as Larry Fish *

Hoosier Hot Shots The Hoosier Hot Shots were an American quartet of musicians who entertained on stage, screen, radio, and records from the mid-1930s into the 1970s. The group formed in Indiana where they performed on local radio before moving to Chicago and a n ...

as Themselves *Aaron González as Orchestra Leader

References

External links

* {{Ray Nazarro 1947 films 1940s English-language films American comedy films 1947 comedy films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Ray Nazarro American black-and-white films 1940s American films English-language comedy films