Today marks the 130th birthday of Jeanette MacDonald’s older sister, Blossom Rock. She’s also remembered as Marie Blake, using that stage name with small roles in over 100 movies. Below you can listen to a radio interview she gave in 1965, not long after Jeanette’s passing. It’s wonderful to hear her speaking voice again! By the way, her favorite song…
Had a wonderful podcast interview today with Tommy Kovac, all about the new Tesla book. We discussed Tesla’s Hollywood contribution to the films Frankenstein (1931) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and the reason for his dislike of Dracula (1931). The book also explains why he said Citizen Kane might be his favorite movie!
On the Facebook “Sweethearts” book page, I just posted a short article about possible reasons why Jeanette MacDonald never recorded an album of Christmas songs. It involved three Christmases in a row, 1945, ’46 and ’47, all that had some trauma attached to them for her and Nelson Eddy. While details of 1947 are discussed in the book, I thought…