Rose Marionette

This marionette was built in 1942-3 by Rufus and Margo Rose for the production, "The Mouse In Noah's Ark". In 1961, the Rose's home caught fire, and many puppets were destroyed. This marionette lost part of her right leg, her controller and strings. It was given to John Miller for his collection. The leg and controller have been restored, following directions given by Jim Rose and Fred Thompson at the O'Neil Puppetry Conference. Phillip Huber manipulates the figure in this video.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Purple Rock Productions
• Puppets
• Marionettes
• Live Performance
• Rolande Duprey
• Rose Marionettes
• Margo and Rufus Rose
• Phillip Huber
• Jim Rose
• Fred Thompson

[roboladupe]

Yes, I remember the clocks, though I never met Rufus. Margo still had many.

[roboladupe]

There's no sound, since this is the original video taken "impromptu" at the O'Neill Center -- the background noise was sawing, talking, various pieces of music blaring. Huber's focus was remarkable.

[supercoolmario123]

thumbs up if u thought the thumbnail looked like yoda from star wars

[Dulcimerea]

Thank you, this is a treat. I was fortunate enough (thanks to Fred T), to meet the Roses back in the '60's, and visited their home and studio, where the fire had been.

He at that time had one Howdy marionette there, that survived the fire, but that's the only one I recall.

Rufus liked clocks and had about 80 of them, big, medium & small, in the living room, with bells & cuckoos & chimes, and more. But each one was set to a different time! The result was delightfully lively.

[FlaCracker1954]

Both the Puppet & the Puppeteer are perfect.

[TheScruffyJones]

No sound. That makes it even more creepy. Good visuals though.