Rose-Marie (1936)

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Frances Goodrich (screen play), Albert Hackett (screen play)

Stars:

Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jeanette MacDonald	...	Marie de Flor
Nelson Eddy	...	Sergeant Bruce
Reginald Owen	...	R.O. 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 Roderick
Lucien Littlefield	...	Storekeeper
David Niven	...	Teddy (as David Nivens)
Herman Bing	...	Mr. Daniells

Storyline

Opera singer (Marie de Flor) seeks out fugitive brother in the Canadian wilderness. During her trek, she meets a Canadian mountie (Sgt. Bruce) who is also searching for her brother. Romance ensues, resulting in several love duets between the two.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | character name as title | forenames as title | two word title | jeanette macdonald billed above the title | 

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Taglines:

GIANT M-G-M MUSICAL (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Broadway Theatre - Lubbock, Texas- September 11, 1936 - all caps)

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Genres:

Musical | Romance | Adventure | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

Passed

Did You Know?

Trivia

MGM's original intention was to film in Technicolor and to star Grace Moore. If these plans had gone through, this would have been MGM's first feature-length Technicolor film. However, Moore decided to pass on the film, Jeanette MacDonald was cast, photography switched to black-and-white, and this film became one of the biggest musical successes in MGM's history.

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Goofs

After the store clerk (Lucien Littlefield) tells Marie (Jeanette MacDonald) to go to the Mounted Police she wanders through the village and sees a poster stating that her brother Jack (James Stewart) is wanted for murder. The poster gives Jack's height as 6'1". Shortly afterwards, she again sees a copy of the poster listing his height as 6'1". Shortly after that she sees a third poster where Jack's height is listed as 5'8". (James Stewart was actually 6'3" tall.)

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Quotes

Marie de Flor: That's the worst orchestra and the worst conductor I've ever sung with!
[To the tenor]
Marie de Flor: And what was the idea of holding every high A longer than I did?!?

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Connections

Spoofed in Dudley Do-Right (1999)

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Soundtracks

The Mounties
(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Rudolf Friml
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto A. Harbach
Sung by Nelson Eddy and chorus

User Reviews

that indian love call thing ...

Yep, this is the most saccharine of all the films made by the 'singing sweethearts'. And its perfect. Despite the low production values evident in Nelson's 1st number in the film, The Mounties, it soon settles into a nice two hour wallow where Jeanette chirps through Juliet's love song, gets scared in the woods, and falls for the cutie mountie (but of course, who wouldn't after he sang the title tune so sweetly during a boat ride). Great stuff. Those of you expecting to see James Stewart though have a long wait as most of the time is spent trying to find him! And who could resist that timeless song 'when I'm calling you'? Sweet.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rose Marie

Filming Locations:

El Dorado County, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1