Wait for Your Laugh

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Wait For Your Laugh
Official movie poster for Wait For Your Laugh.jpg
Directed byJason Wise
Written byChristina Wise
Jason Wise
Produced byChristina Wise
Jason Wise
Georgiana Guy Rodrigues
Diane Carpenter
David Carpenter
William Fowler
Debra Davis
Melissa Gail April Klein
Jackson Myers
StarringRose Marie
Peter Marshall
Carl Reiner
Dick Van Dyke
CinematographyJackson Myers
Edited byJason Wise
Bryan Carr
Production
company
Forgotten Man Films
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release dates
  • October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)(Mill Valley)
  • November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)(United States)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryUnited States

Wait for Your Laugh is a 2017 documentary film on the career of Rose Marie. [1] The film was directed by Jason Wise and featured notable celebrities including Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall, and Carl Reiner. [2]

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The film premiered at the 2017 Mill Valley Film Festival, [3] and was well received. [4]

Synopsis

Rose Marie's career spanned ninety years, starting at the age of four with a radio show and transitioning through vaudeville, Broadway, Vegas, movies and television. Interviews with Rose Marie as well as her costars Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall, Carl Reiner, and Tim Conway are interlaced with behind-the-scenes footage from shows and sets, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, and personal home movies from the iconic actress.

Reviews

On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, based on 19 critical reviews with a weighted average score of 7.43/10. [5] Harvey Dennis with Variety saying, "As lively and likable as its subject, Jason Wise’s documentary 'Wait for Your Laugh' pays fond tribute to a tireless trooper whom generations have known mostly as a wisecracking second banana often funnier than the bigger stars she supported." [6] The Hollywood Reporter called it, "A loving doc that will open the eyes of youngsters who know her only from The Dick Van Dyke Show if they know her at all." [7]

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References

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  4. "Watch the wonderful Rose Marie documentary 'Wait for Your Laugh' on MeTV, Sunday, May 27". Me-TV Network. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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