Rose Marie

Rose Marie (1936)

She scarcely knew his name but his caress spoke the language of love!

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

Date of release
1936-01-31
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Romance, Adventure, Music
Director
W.S. Van Dyke

Casting

Interesting facts

Rose Marie is a 1936 American musical directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Reginald Owen. It was the third highest grossing international film of 1936. 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.

Production

While footage of the Mounties in boot camp was filmed in Canada, location filming with the lead actors occurred at Lake Tahoe. The film was originally slated to be in color, but makeup man Fred Phillips explained that when it was decided to film in black and white, the studio ordered him to change Eddy's makeup in a negative fashion. Phillips stated that orders were sent by Louis B.

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