Rosalie (1937)

Synopsis: Baritone Nelson Eddy plays Dick Thorpe, a West Point football hero who becomes the subject of romantic passion for Vassar student Rosalie (Eleanor Powell) in this musical comedy filled with Cole... Baritone Nelson Eddy plays Dick Thorpe, a West Point football hero who becomes the subject of romantic passion for Vassar student Rosalie (Eleanor Powell) in this musical comedy filled with Cole Porter songs and based on the musical written by the Gershwin brothers and famed wit P.G. Wodehouse. Unfortunately, Rosalie is also the princess of the tiny Balkan nation of Romanza and set to wed a prince who is himself in love with a friend of Rosalie's. Dick flies solo all the way across the Atlantic in order to keep a date with his love, then loses hope when he realizes that she would have to abdicate her throne to marry him. But with a revolution on the way in the Balkans, anything is possible. Songs include: "In the Still of the Night," "Rosalie," "Why Should I Care," and "To Love or Not to Love," among other favorites. [More]

Starring: Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

Starring: Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Ilona Massey, Edna May Oliver, Billy Gilbert, Reginald Owen

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Composer: Cole Porter
Producer: William Anthony McGuire
Screenwriter: William Anthony McGuire
Composer: Herbert Stothart

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