Rose-Marie (1928 film)

Rose-Marie
Directed by	Lucien Hubbard
Written by	Lucien Hubbard
Based on	Rose-Marie 1924 operetta by Otto Harbach Oscar Hammerstein II
Starring	Joan Crawford James Murray
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Carl F. Pierson
Music by	Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 11, 1928 (1928-02-11) (United States)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Rose-Marie is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Lucien Hubbard. It was the first of three Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptations of the 1924 operetta Broadway musical Rose-Marie.^[1] The best-known film adaptation starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald was released in 1936; another film was released 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 utilized in the 1936 and 1954 films, but not for the silent version.^[2] MGM provided sheet music with the film for playing at the theater. Joan Crawford, who starred in the 1928 version alongside James Murray, later remarked, "Rose-Marie was surprisingly good without the music, but I felt uneasy as a French Canadian, but the critics didn't notice."