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Sharon Rich is a bestselling author and acclaimed film historian who has written or ghostwritten over 30 books on classic Hollywood, memoirs, and fiction—plus more than 80 issues of her award-winning magazine on 1930s singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
Her MacDonald/Eddy biography Sweethearts earned praise from TCM’s Robert Osborne for offering “considerable proof they may have been secret lovers for years.” Reviewers hail it as “one of the finest books about Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Hollywood during the Golden Era” and “an absorbingly written, exhaustively researched, and fully sourced work.”
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Join me for an upcoming important event in Washington D.C.! The afternoon will include a book signing; I will also do a Q&A and screen some of the video interviews used in the writing of my book, Sweethearts. Details: It’s a free afternoon honoring 1930s movie stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, held in Washington,
Issue #82 of Mac/Eddy Today is a very important magazine, as it presents a detailed account of 1949, a difficult year when Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy’s relationship began to show serious cracks. Most of the information is quoted and sourced from contemporary letters, and some never before made public. Also covered are the final
One of the most unusual—and memorable—places I’ve ever celebrated my birthday was this June at Lake Tahoe, standing at the base of the Five Lakes Trail. To my surprise, I was serenaded with “Happy Birthday” and presented with a “cake”—a cinnamon roll from the hotel breakfast buffet. In place of a candle, for fire-safety reasons,
This is a final invitation to anyone still considering joining us as we walk in the film’s footsteps at Lake Tahoe, where much of Rose-Marie (1936) was shot. The movie’s 90th anniversary is being celebrated in style throughout June 2026. The Blu-ray movie edition will be released on June 30 and is already performing strongly
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