Rose Marie (1936 film)

Rose Marie
Film poster
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Screenplay by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett
Based on	Rose-Marie 1924 operetta by Otto Harbach Oscar Hammerstein II
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy James Stewart Reginald Owen
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Music by	Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	January 28, 1936 (1936-01-28)
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]