rubyleah
Although I love the singing of Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, their acting is too much the product of that time, affected. That is why I prefer the 1954 movie version of Rose Marie, with Oscar-winning actress Ann Blyth who has a lovely young-sounding lyric soprano in the title role. The two male leads, Howard Keel and Fernando Lamas, have always been known to be excellent singers, as far back as I can remember.I would like to refute someone's synopsis where he says that Rose Marie and the Mountie fall in love with each other. This is not true. The Mountie (Howard Keel) falls in love with his ward, but Rose Marie's love is Jim Duval (Fernando Lamas). Rose Marie sings "Indian Love Call" and "I Have the Love" to Duval and he to her. These two songs are among the most beautiful love songs ever composed. The exuberant "Free To Be Free" accurately evokes the feeling of preferring the state of "being free." Ann Blyth sings this with just the right amount of emphatic insistence and earnestness. I would love to know where I can purchase the sheet music of these songs, or even the entire Rose Marie songbook (movie version).
jehret
I saw this movie when I was just entering my teen years... I loved it then and I would dearly love to see it again and own a copy of the movie. I can still hear that song Rose Marie in my head. I have the soundtrack record done on the smaller format 33rpm and don't even have a turntable to play it on so I can put the music on tape or CD...The movie had two of my favorite actors of that time. Howard Keel - my all time favorite actor/singer. Though I could not watch him when he was on Dallas.. Fernando Lamas was also a favorite and I loved him in this movie although I didn't think he could sing all that great. I have been checking for several years now and no luck so far. I keep hoping I will live long enough to see it again. Cheers All JE
Sheila_Beers
Not enough good things can be said about this beautiful musical, one of my favorites. It has the right combination of romance, conflict, suspense, tragedy, and comedy in the plot. The setting is in the colonial or exploration era of Canada, and the rivalry between English and French Canadians is evident.The story is about Rose Marie (Ann Blyth), a tomboyish girl that her guardian Mountie (Howard Keel) tries to civilize. Rose Marie is grateful to him, but she truly loves the French trader Duval (Fernando Lamas), who accepts her as she is. The unrequited love an Indian girl has for Duval adds to the conflict and leads to the tragic elements in the film. However, justice and a happy ending prevail.I commend Turner Broadcasting for keeping "Rose Marie" alive by showing it on the movie channel, but I would love to have a quality DVD version. I hope it will be on DVD soon.The film has inspired me to look for the sheet music and script from the musical, and I am very disappointed that I cannot find a "Rosemarie" songbook. If any music and script publishers are listening, they should have the score and script of this film in print.
ireadalot2004
when i saw Rose Marie i fell in love with it. it is a fantastic love story done in the mountains and with great songs, Indian Love Call is one of the best love songs i have heard. The scenery in the movie is to make you want more and want to be their. It is a fantastically done movie and the combination of Howard Keel and Ann Blyth was the best for this movie, since i saw this movie in 1955 i have never forgotten it and I have been looking for either a video or a DVD of this movie for many years. Please, please lets put this fantastic movie on DVD so that i may have a copy to join my other musicals of that era. They do not make movies like these any more. So again i beg of you please, please put with wonderfully fantastic movie on to DVD, so those of us who want it so much can have it.
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