Wait for Your Laugh
{{Infobox film
| name = Wait For Your Laugh
| image = Official_movie_poster_for_Wait_For_Your_Laugh.jpg
| director = Jason Wise
| producer = Christina Wise
Jason Wise
Georgiana Guy Rodrigues
Diane Carpenter
David Carpenter
William Fowler
Debra Davis
Melissa Gail April Klein
Jackson Myers
| writer = Christina Wise
Jason Wise
| starring = Rose Marie
Peter Marshall
Carl Reiner
Dick Van Dyke
| cinematography = Jackson Myers
| editing = Jason Wise
Bryan Carr
| studio = Forgotten Man Films
| distributor = Samuel Goldwyn Films
| released = {{Film date|2017|10|05|Mill Valley|2017|11|03|United States}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = United States
}}
Wait for Your Laugh is a 2017 documentary film on the career of Rose Marie.{{cite news |last1=Battaglio |first1=Stephen |title=Rose Marie documentary 'Wait for Your Laugh' heading to television |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-et-st-rose-marie-decades-20180427-story.html |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=latimes.com |date=28 Apr 2018}} The film was directed by Jason Wise and featured notable celebrities including Dick Van Dyke, Peter Marshall, and Carl Reiner.{{cite news |title='Wait for Your Laugh': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wait-your-laugh-1053914 |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}
The film premiered at the 2017 Mill Valley Film Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmarin.org/event-calendar/2017/october/mill-valley-film-festival-opening-night-screening-of-darkest-hour-1/|title=Mill Valley Film Festival Opening Night screening of "Wait for Your Laugh" - Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau 2020|work=Marin County Convention and Visitors Bureau 2020|accessdate=30 May 2020}} and was well received.{{cite news |title=Watch the wonderful Rose Marie documentary 'Wait for Your Laugh' on MeTV, Sunday, May 27 |url=https://metv.com/stories/watch-the-wonderful-rose-marie-documentary-wait-for-your-laugh-on-metv-sunday-may-27 |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=Me-TV Network}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wait_for_your_laugh|title=Wait for Your Laugh (2017)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=30 May 2020}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wait-for-your-laugh-review-1202606167/|title=Film Review: ‘Wait for Your Laugh’|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=2017-11-03|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}} 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wait-your-laugh-1053914|title='Wait for Your Laugh': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|5710688}}
- {{Mojo title|waitforyourlaugh}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|wait_for_your_laugh}}
Category:2017 documentary films