ROSE MARIE
(1954)
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY MERVYN LEROY
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (M.G.M.)
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone,
falls in love with him, and he with her.
But when she goes to "learn to be a lady", she meets outlaw trapper James Duval,
who also falls in love with her. But Duval is in a dispute
with the local Native American chief Black Eagle, and soon Black Eagle is murdered.
Written by Albert Sanchez Moreno
Full Cast
Ann Blyth ... Rose Marie Lemaitre
Howard Keel ... Capt. Mike Malone
Fernando Lamas ... James Severn Duval
Bert Lahr ... Barney McCorkle
Marjorie Main ... Lady Jane Dunstock
Joan Taylor ... Wanda
Ray Collins ... Insp. Appleby
Chief Yowlachie ... Black Eagle
Robert Anderson ... Corporal (uncredited)
Robert Bray ... Mountie (uncredited)
Bruce Carruthers ... Sergeant (uncredited)
John Damler ... Orderly (uncredited)
Billy Dix ... Mess Waiter (uncredited)
Al Ferguson ... Woodsman in Saloon (uncredited)
Abel Fernandez ... Indian Warrior (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer ... Charity Dance Cashier (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Woodsman in Saloon (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare ... The Judge (uncredited)
Joseph Lenzi ... Johnny Lang (uncredited)
James Logan ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
John Pickard ... Orderly (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft ... Indian Medicine Man (uncredited)
Marshall Reed ... Mountie (uncredited)
Gordon Richards ... Attorney (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... Mountie (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson ... Big Trapper at Charity Dance (uncredited)
Guy Teague ... Mountie (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe ... Mountie (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley ... Corporal (uncredited)
Sally Yarnell ... Hostess (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Ronald Millar (screenplay) and
George Froeschel (screenplay)
Otto A. Harbach (operetta) and
Oscar Hammerstein II (operetta)
Original Music
Albert Sendrey (uncredited)
George Stoll (uncredited)
Robert Van Eps (uncredited)
Cinematography
Paul Vogel
Trivia
Originally, Thurl Ravenscroft was to be only the single voice double for the Medicine Man.
However, the actor could not synchronize his lip movements to Thurl's recording,
so the studio called in Thurl at the last minute to actually play the role on-screen.
Adapted from a Broadway play that opened on September 2, 1924
at the Imperial Theatre in New York and ran for 557 performances.
Previously filmed twice, as a silent film starring Joan Crawford, Rose-Marie, and later starring
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, Rose-Marie.
Joan Crawford, who played Ann Blyth's mother in Mildred Pierce, played Rose Marie
in the original version of this film, Rose-Marie.
A comic duet by Bert Lahr and Marjorie Main, "Love and Kisses" (music by Rudolf Friml, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster)
was deleted from the release print. The filmed number is included on the 2011 DVD from Warner Bros.
The Lahr-Main audio was first presented on the 1954 soundtrack LP from MGM Records,
and a CD track is available on a 2011 import from the 101 Distribution label.
Filming Locations
Mammoth Lakes, California, USA
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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