Roughly Speaking (film)

Roughly Speaking is a 1945 dramacomedy starring Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson. The plot involves a strongminded mother keeping her family afloat through World War I and the Great Depression. The movie was based on the autobiography of the same name, published in 1943, by Louise Randall Pierson.

They then encounter Svend Olsen John Qualen, an aircraft builder in need of financing. Harold and the children overcome her resistance, and they commit their time and money to the venture. However, once again, their timing is bad. The day after the aircraft prototype is completed and shown to enthusiastic potential backers, the stock market crashes. The family is uprooted once more.Two sons go to Yale University, and one of the daughters gets married. The rest of the family manages to get by with various jobs, including parking cars at the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Then, on Louises birthday, Germany invades Poland and starts World War II. Soon, all three sons enlist the youngest is only 17, but gets his mothers reluctant consent to join the Army Reserve. As he eagerly rushes off to the recruitment center, Louise laments to her husband about her failure to provide their children with a stable, prosperous life. He assures her that her indomitable example, undaunted by failure after failure, is all they need, that they may be down from time to time, but will never be out. Then the two start to discuss their next project, buying a farm. ........

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