Wait for Your Laugh

This is a one of a kind lifelong entertainment career involving mobsters, vaudeville, radio, movies and tv. She saw it all, she did it all, but mostly unique because she is apparently a decent human being. What other entertainers moved in such circles for decades but maintained a relatively stable personal life. I cannot think of m(any).

Rose Marie... her name and legacy were unknown to me until now, so I am so glad that the director Jason Wise set out to ensure that this giant of entertainment receives her due. What a character she was - the most famous radio entertainer at age 4 continued for 87 years to sing and make people laugh! Only one with such a long career in entertainment!

You will see a 94 year old Rose Marie in the place where she is most comfortable - under the lights telling us about her big loves - her career and her husband! What a story... worth watching!

It's a tragedy that in the age of KUWTK and its ilk that few reading this will know about whom this film revolves. Rose Marie was a national treasure, and I'm grateful these filmmakers took the time to tell her story.

Most younger people probably have no idea who Rose Marie was. And, with folks who are a bit older, you might remember her from "The Dick Van Dyke Show". But there is so much more to this woman and her incredibly long career. Using mostly interviews with Rose Marie herself as well as her surviving friends in the entertainment world, you learn about her amazing life...starting as a 3-4 year-old singing professionally!! Baby Rose Marie was a big act and folks loved her...and this includes the like of Al Capone and other mobsters! Who else did she know and what else did she do? Watch this fascinating documentary.

I think the best thing about this film was its timing. Rose Marie lived long enough to see the film's debut and was, briefly, a Twitter sensation...in her 90s! The DVD has a tacked on message to let you know that Rose Marie recently died...after the debut but just before the DVD release. Overall, it's a terrific and fascinating film from start to finish and is well worth seeing.

Rose Marie was both famous and obscure. By that statement I mean she never became the type of 'star' that remains a 'name' both during and long after a career in entertainment such as Elizabeth Taylor, or Sinatra, or Judy Garland.

But in this documentary we see the amazing talent in singing and comedy Rose Marie brought to the stage, radio, and television. Always capable and professional she entertained thousands over many decades! This delightful docu once again places her in the limelight for generations that remember her and generations that never heard of her.