Rafter Romance
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
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Merian C. Cooper Kenneth Macgowan Alexander McGaig (uncredited) |
| Written by | John Wells (novel) Glenn Tryon (adaptation) H.W. Hanemann Sam Mintz |
| Starring |
Ginger Rogers Norman Foster George Sidney |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | James B. Morley |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rafter Romance is an American 1933 pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film, which was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by John Wells, stars Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster and George Sidney, and features Robert Benchley, Laura Hope Crews and Guinn Williams.
Mary Carroll (Ginger Rogers) is a young woman from upstate who came to New York City to find a job and a career, but whose money has almost run out. She and Jack Bacon (Norman Foster) is an aspiring artist who lives in the same Greenwich Village building. Both are behind on their rent, and their landlord, Max Eckbaum (George Sidney), a good-natured soul who nevertheless has expenses to meet, comes up with a solution, to move Mary into Jack's loft, and have them share the apartment on a shift basis. They would never see each other or know who the other is, since Jack is out all night and sleeps during the day, and Mary is taking a job selling refrigerators by telephone, which keeps her out all day.
However, both manage to get a very bad impression of each other, after realizing the other is of the opposite sex from articles of clothing lying about. A series of misunderstandings leads to a series of pranks aimed at each other. He places a bucket in the shower, and when she takes one it falls on her head. Then she places Jack's suit in the shower, so that it gets wet. In retaliation, he saws her bed in half so that it would come apart when she sits on it.
The situation gets complicated when the couple accidentally meet outside their apartment, not knowing who the other is, and begin to fall in love. Matters get worse when Mary's boss, lecherous H. Harrington Hubbell (Robert Benchley), tries to invite her out for dinner, and Jack's would-be "patron", a lonely, libidinous, rich older woman Elise Peabody Willington Smythe (Laura Hope Crews), tries to maintain her monopoly over Jack.
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