Christmas 1945…seventy-five years ago…Nelson and Jeanette spent it at one of their hideaway homes. His mother, Isabel Eddy, detailed Christmas Eve night in her unpublished memoirs… as quoted in the book “Sweethearts.” You can purchase and download the Kindle edition or read it for free with Kindle Unlimited at this link. Merry Christmas!
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Never forget. A must-watch 9/11 film…
On this September 11, “Out of the Clear Blue Sky” is the documentary I recommend everyone watch and not just because I am interviewed in it. It provides a straightforward, unsentimental “you are there” sense of real people who had to find a way to rebuild a literally decimated company and also take care of their lost employees’ families. My normal…
They are calling you-oo-oo!
“Sweethearts” went back up on the Amazon Best Seller list on Jeanette’s birthday (June 18) and is continuing to be popular during this week. The Ebook edition will continue be free for those with Kindle Unlimited through Nelson’s birthday on June 29! The link for those in the US is here. For those of you in other countries, go to…
Jeanette MacDonald birthday TCM movie marathon!
June 18 is Jeanette MacDonald’s birthday and for new or old fans, it’s an all-day marathon on Turner Classic Movies! Plus, to read the behind-the-scenes drama, you can download my book “Sweethearts” and read for free with Kindle Unlimited at this link. (Note: for those of you living outside the U.S., go to your own Amazon website, search for “sweethearts…
Michael Radford to direct “Sweethearts” biopic!
At long last, the story of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy comes to the big screen! Announcement link: https://deadline.com/2019/05/michael-radford-sweethearts-jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-1202620930/
Live Blogging “New Moon” (1940)
Above, reel life becomes real life! Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in the most famous scene from their 1940 MGM hit, New Moon… the “Wanting You” number. New Moon was the sixth Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy film and first made together after Nelson’s marriage in January 1939 to Ann Franklin. Below, Jeanette recovering from her suicide attempt after Nelson’s…
“Sweethearts” back on Amazon best seller list!
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy rock! “Sweethearts” has been back on Amazon’s Best Seller list this week. Snapped a screenshot tonight of the Artists and Entertainers top 100…it’s currently #77! So glad that people are reading and learning about these two amazing artists.
Live blogging “The Girl of the Golden West” (1938)
Girl was the fourth MacDonald/Eddy team movie and the one most affected by what was happening in their personal lives. It was filmed after Jeanette’s marriage to Gene Raymond and she and Nelson weren’t speaking off-screen. Nelson was drinking and Jeanette would prove too emotional to sing the obligatory love duet with him under a tree, so unbelievably – it…
Live blogging “Maytime” (1937)
Maytime was the third MacDonald/Eddy movie together. Originally, it was to be MGM’s first Technicolor film with Jeanette, Nelson, Paul Lukas and Frank Morgan in the cast. That it was shot for color release was verified by one of the makeup men on the shoot, Fred Phillips. (We can also see in the photos of Nelson from this production that…
Live blogging “Rose Marie” (1936)
Rose-Marie was the second Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy film and it is probably still to this day the most famous. You may speak to someone who isn’t familiar with them but if you mention it’s the movie about a Mountie and they sing “When I’m calling you-oo-oo-oo,” the person tends to say: “Ah, yes, I have heard of that.”…