I first saw Baby Rose Marie in W.C. Fields film, 'International House 1933'. I could not believe a 6 year old could be that talented. She sang 'Blue Bird got the Blues' I think. Then the biggest surprise -- this was the same Rose Marie on 'The Dick Van Dyke' T.V. show! So I bought and read her autobiography, 'Hold the Roses'. Quite the lady indeed. Al Capone was her benefactor.
I found two shorts of her singing on uTube but the 'Blue Bird...' wasn't there. Hopefully someone will post it for everyone -- I have the movie. The film isn't great, although there is also a good scene with Rudy Vallee.
When you play these shorts keep in mind she is 6.
Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGt0My15xb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hniqjExFho
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hniqjExFho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGt0My15xb0
Bill....I also read Rose Marie's autobiography a year ago, saw it in the library,and because we always watched the DickVan Dyke show, thought it would be interesting,and it was ! Although,I never got used to those silly little bowes in her hair,even as an adult. cookie
Born: 15-Aug-1923
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Comic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show Rose Marie was born out of wedlock in New York, and her parents never married. Her father, a shadowy character with gangland connections, had a second wife, kids, and house, and commuted between his two families. Rose Marie was "discovered" at age three, by neighbors who heard her singing to herself, and entered her in a talent contest at New York's Mecca Theater. The tot sang "What Can I Say Dear, After I Say I'm Sorry?", danced the Charleston, and won first prize. When her father caught wind of this, he arranged to have his daughter sing at a night club, where the audience was so impressed they threw money onto the stage. He gathered and counted the money, appointed himself his daughter's manager, and ran her career until she was an adult. Billed as Baby Rose Marie, she starred in several of the earliest talking films, beginning with a 1929 short, Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder, which was screened in theaters before feature films. In this and several subsequent short films, the preschooler simply walked onstage, smiled at the camera, and sang several songs one after another. Decades later, when Bette Davis starred in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, the moviemakers were riffing on Baby Rose Marie. If you'd like to read the whole story ,.here's the link: http://www.nndb.com/people/921/000031828/ .Interesting Gal ,.as of 2007 she was still performing HF&RV
Cookie,
Maybe her trademark was the bow, or maybe a good luck symbol. You know how stage entertainers are. Anyway she provided many decades of great clean entertainment, unlike the wasted panty-less pop star girls throwing up on the street to the joy of their young fans. Oops, I got off on a tangent. Rose Marie (83 years old) you are a blessing.
Bill
Yes Bill...it was her trademark..one show I wish they would bring back is the Carol Burnett show, now that was hilarious......remember how Harvey Korman could never keep a straight face with Tim Conway during skits! I cannot even watch the garbage 1/2 shows of today, and those reality shows....."gimme a break"............ cookie
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