Rose Marie 1936

Rose Marie


MGM, 1936, B/W, 110 minutes, ***½

Premiere release January, 1936

General release February, 1936



Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald are calling you, in this classic operetta. He's a mountie assigned to bring in her brother (James Stewart), but before long they fall in love. Great sets and songs, including "Indian Love Call."



Produced by: Hunt Stromberg

Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke

Screen Play by: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Alice Duer Miller

Based on the stage production of Arthur Hammerstein; from the Play by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd

Music Composed by: Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart

Musical Direction: Herbert Stothart

Additional Lyrics by: Gus Kahn

Totem Pole Dance Staged by: Chester Hale

Operatic Episodes Staged by: William von Wymetal

Art Director: Cedric Gibbons

Art Associates: Joseph Wright, Edwin B. Willis

Gowns by: Adrian

Recording Director: Douglas Shearer

Photographed by: William Daniels

Film Editor: Blanche Sewell



Cast: Jeanette MacDonald [Marie de Flor], Nelson Eddy [Sergeant Bruce], Reginald Owen [Myerson], Allan Jones [Romeo], James Stewart [John Flower], Alan Mowbray [Premier], Gilda Gray [Belle], George Regas [Boniface], Robert Greig [Hotel Manager], Una O'Connor [Anna], Lucien Littlefield [Storekeeper], David Nivens [Teddy], Herman Bing [Mr. Danielles], Additional Cast: Jimmy Conlin [Joe the Piano Player], Dorothy Gray [Edith], Mary Anita Loos [Corn Queen], Aileen Carlyle [Susan], Halliwell Hobbes [Mr. Gordon], Paul Porcasi [Emil the Chef], Bert Lindley [Pop], Edgar Dearing [Mounted Policeman], Pat West [Traveling Salesman], Milton Owen [Stage Manager], David Clyde [Doorman], Russell Hicks [Commandant], Rolfe Sedan, Louis Mercier [Admirers in Hall], Jack Pennick [Brawler], Leonard Carey [Louis], David Robel, Rinaldo Alacorn [Dancers], Matty Roubert [Newsboy], Major Sam Harris [Guest], Ernie Alexander [Elevator Operator], James Mason [Trapper], John George, Lee Phelps [Barflies], Fred Graham [Corporal], Agostino Borgato, Adrian Rosley [Opera Fans], Delos Jewkes [Butcher at Hotel]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: with short excerpt of Indian Love Call (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:01] Je veux vivre dans le rêve ("Juliet's Waltz Song" from the opera ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, sung by Jeanette MacDonald along with others, including Allan Jones as Romeo, joining in several excerpts from the opera); [0:17] Pardon Me Madame (sung by Jeanette MacDonald, numerous soloists and Chorus); [0:25] The Mounties (sung by Nelson Eddy and Mens Chorus); [0:36] Dinah (sung by Jeanette MacDonald); [0:37] Some of These Days (sung by Jeanette MacDonald, joined by Gilda Gray); [0:46] Rose Marie (sung by Nelson Eddy to Jeanette MacDonald); [0:50] Totem Tom Tom (Totem Pole Dance, sung and danced by Chorus); [1:00] Rose Marie / Just for You (sung by Nelson Eddy serenading Jeanette MacDonald in her hotel room); [1:07] Three Blind Mice (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and her echo); [1:17] Indian Love Call (sung by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald); [1:29] Indian Love Call (reprised by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald); [1:27] Indian Love Call (reprised by Jeanette MacDonald as Nelson Eddy rides off with her brother [Jimmy Stewart]); [1:41] LA TOSCA (excerpts from the opera sung by Allan Jones and Jeanette MacDonald); [1:47] Indian Love Call (reprised by Jeanette MacDonald, joined by Nelson Eddy)