Jeanette MacDonald knew how to flaunt spunk like no other woman in her time and, incredibly, she reigned during an era of ultra-spunky women. Jeanette knew how to be feisty and flirty without losing any of her natural refinement which…
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Jeanette Anna MacDonald singer and actress best remembered for her musicals and her pairing with Nelson Eddy She is best remembered for her musicals Naughty Marietta (1935), and Maytime (1937).
Now Available: The Robert Redford Favorite “Jeremiah Johnson” and Other New Titles
The past meets the present in this week’s new releases. Leading things off is a 1972 classics, and the rest of the DVDs and Blu-rays that are now available leap back and forward in time from the 1930s to today….
Read more →Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: Together Again
Last week saw the release of two exclusive four-film collections featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. In this classic remembrance, we look back at two of the beloved musical duo’s movies, Girl of the Golden West and New Moon.
Read more →Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald Flying Solo in Classic DVDs
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, who made eight classic movies together for MGM–from their first appearance as a duo in 1935’s Naughty Marietta to their final pairing seven years later in I Married an Angel–sometimes starred in gems for the studio on…
Read more →Maisie, Crime Does Not Pay And More Coming Your Way
Jenny and Eddy Still Going Steady: The final two films with the MGM songbirds Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy that have yet to hit DVD are about to arrive to us on an exclusive basis. In The Girl of the…
Read more →Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Are Calling You Oo-Oo-Oo…
Among the most-requested movies from DVD collectors around the world is Rose Marie (1936), and continues to be one of the most popular works of screen singing team Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The 1954 version of Rose Marie…
Read more →Your Questions Answered on Dick Powell, Susan Hayward Favorites
Q: There is an old Dick Powell movie called You Never Can Tell, with Dick as a murdered dog reincarnated as a human to find his murderer. The movie was also known as One Never Knows. I would love to…
Read more →On the MGM Recording Stage with Nelson and Jeanette
It took some doing to get Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald out of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vaults and into viewers’ homes. At this point, it should be said that both Naughty Marietta (1935), their first movie together, and Sweethearts (1938), their first…
Read more →Jeanette MacDonald: The Girl of the Golden Voice
Between her successful tenures as a Broadway showstopper and a favorite on the concert stage, this vibrant bronze-tressed soprano delighted film audiences of the ’30s and ’40s in a string of memorable light musical fare. The youngest of three daughters,…
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