| Rose Marie | |
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| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
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| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
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| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $875,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,515,000[1] |
Rose Marie is a 1936 American musical Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Reginald Owen. It is the second of three Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptations of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are included in both the 1936 and 1954 films.
Although the stage version's original plot was changed and most of its songs were omitted, the 1936 film was a great success and became perhaps MacDonald's and Eddy's best-known film. Their duet "Indian Love Call" was a major hit and remained a signature song throughout their careers.[2]
- ^ a b Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
- ^ Bloom, Ken and Vlastnik, Frank. Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2004. ISBN 1-57912-390-2