Live Blogging the MacDonald/Eddy movies

Live Blogging “Naughty Marietta” (1935)

Ah, Sweet Mystery of…instant stardom and romantic chemistry! Translation: Naughty Marietta was the sleeper hit of 1935 and beat out Mutiny on the Bounty in Photoplay magazine as the best film of the year. Another amazing fact, Jeanette MacDonald pushed to have Nelson Eddy receive equal billing with her. Remember in her early films with Maurice Chevalier this was not…

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Live Blogging the MacDonald/Eddy movies

Live Blogging TCM’s Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Marathon April 17!

Alert! Watch live or set your DVRs! Turner Classic Movies is airing all the Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy team movies in chronological order starting at 6 am (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. In recent weeks I’ve been chatting with folks on various Classic Hollywood groups and have come to realize that many people are not aware of…

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Read “Sweethearts” for free with Kindle Unlimited!

For Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy fans: if you have an Amazon account set up with “Kindle Unlimited”, you can for a limited time click on the book cover above, download and read the Kindle edition at no charge. You’re welcome 🙂 and if you enjoy, please leave a review! Link

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Olivia De Havilland, Ryan Murphy and “Feud”

  This week marked a landmark ruling when a California appeals court threw out the lawsuit brought by beloved Hollywood icon Olivia De Havilland (pictured above, aged 101) over the way she was portrayed in the FX mini-series “Feud: Bette and Joan.” That very successful show, created by Ryan Murphy, aired in 2017 and was nominated for several awards. These…

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An Excerpt from “Sweethearts”

Sweethearts: The timeless love affair on screen and off between Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy by Sharon Rich © 1994, 2001, 2014 by Sharon Rich ISBN: 978-0-9903230-0-6 (softcover) ISBN: 978-0-9923230-1-3 (ebook) (The following is an excerpt from Chapter One. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.) CHAPTER 1 October 17-22, 1943…

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