Jeanette Anna MacDonald was a singer and actress best remembered for her musicals of the 1930s and her pairing with Nelson Eddy She is best remembered for her musicals Naughty Marietta (1935), and Maytime (1937). Jeanette MacDonald was nominated four times for Best Picture Oscars (The Love Parade, One Hour with You, Naughty Marietta and San Francisco). MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to movie-going audiences.
Warner Home Video has released the final three films in their MGM library starring either Jeanette or Nelson which are being presented on DVD for the first time ever. What’s your favorite movie starring America’s Sweethearts?
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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…
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Musical classics starring the dynamic team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy have been presented on DVD exclusively at Movies Unlimited in conjunction with The Warner Archive Collection. Previously, we proudly introduced six of the eight films made together by…
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Looking for some rare films by Gary Cooper, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy that you can’t find anywhere else? How about some cowboy classics from Monogram Pictures? Or some anniversary editions of true Hollywood originals? This week’s new releases have…
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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…
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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…
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I’ve been writing this feature on MovieFanFare for awhile now, and I can honestly say that during my time doing so there has never been a week packed with as many exciting new releases as this one. Saying that there’s…
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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…
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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…
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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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Question: As always, I enjoy your column each month. I was wondering if you had any information concerning DVD releases of the following films: Belle Starr (1941) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Song of the Islands (1942) Yolanda & the…
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