Rookies (1927 film)

Rookies
Still with Karl Dane and chorus girls
Directed by	Sam Wood
Written by	Joe Farnham Bryan Morgan
Starring	Karl Dane George K. Arthur
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	Conrad A. Nervig
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 30, 1927
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Rookies is a 1927 comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.

Set in World War I, an entertainer named Greg Lee, played by George K. Arthur gets drafted as a private and gets pitted against a tough Drill Sergeant Diggs, played by Karl Dane. Private Lee does everything he can to annoy Sergeant Diggs thinking it will get him thrown out of the Army. Both men have their sights set on the pretty Betty Wayne played by Marceline Day and the two men find themselves set adrift in a reconnaissance balloon. Because of the popularity of this film this would be the first of several collaborations between the two actors.

A film preserved by MGM. A trailer exists at the Library of Congress.