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<Links to some of her Films> Movie Title Year Jeanette's Character
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Here is a list of some of Jeanette's TV spots.
Date TV Program
Nov 13, 1950 Voice of Firestone Aug 05, 1951 Toast of the Town (episode #4.47) Dec 21, 1952 What's My Line
Nov 12, 1952 This is Your Life
1955 Faith of Our Children, (on Eleanor Powell's Show)
(written by Gene Raymond)
Mar 08, 1956 The Louella Parsons Story Revue" (episode#7.13) Mar 28, 1957 Playhouse 90 "Charley's Aunt" (episode#1.26)
(with Gene Raymond) (with Nelson)
Oct 31, 1958 Person To
Person
(With Edward R. Murrow) She also did other TV shows. (If you know of others, please send
them in to us, we would love to post
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Radio Performances |
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6/29/36 |
1 HR |
CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "IRENE," W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, Regis Toomey, A. Lake |
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1/25/37 |
1 HR |
CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "TONIGHT or NEVER” w/JEANETTE MacDONALD, M. Douglas, L. Alberni. |
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9/37 to 3/38 |
1/2 HR |
WABC |
VICKS OPEN HOUSE Starring JEANETTE MacDONALD. The Jeanette MacDonald Radio program aired on Sunday from 7:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. for 26 Weeks. |
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1/4/37 (First Show) |
1 HR |
NBC |
GOOD NEWS OF 1938 W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, R. Z. Leonard, B. Ebsen, G. Murphy, J. Garland, S. Tucker, A. Jones |
| 12/14/38 | 1 HR | NBC | LUX RADIO THEATRE, AMERICA CALLING, W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, (all-star; Lionel Barrymore- |
| 2/19/39 | CBS | GULF SCREEN GUILD SHOW, "SONG for CLOTHILDA" W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, R. Taylor. | |
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1/5/42 |
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CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "SMILIN' THROUGH," W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, BRIAN AHERNE, GENE RAYMOND |
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1/16/43 |
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AFRS |
COMMAND PERFORMANCE, W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, Virginia O'Brien, Dale Evans, Eddie South & His Orchestra, Mills Brothers, Eddie LeBaron Orchestra |
| 7/10/43 | AFRS |
COMMAND PERFORMANCE W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, RONALD COLMAN, Ginny Simms, Ella Mae Morse, Jimmy Davis, Dick Ryan |
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| 9/6/43 | AFRS |
COMMAND PERFORMANCE W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, DINAH SHORE, Garry Moore, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
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| 6/12/44 | 1 HR | CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "NAUGHTY MARIETTA," W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY |
| 6/12/44 | 1/2 HR | CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "NAUGHTY MARIETTA," W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY |
| 9/4/44 | 1 HR | CBS |
LUX RADIO THEATRE, "MAYTIME" W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY, E. Barrier. |
| 9/9/44 | 1/2 HR | AFRS |
KENNY BAKER, W/JEANETTE MACDONALD |
| 4-15-45 | 1/2 HR | CBS |
THE ELECTRIC HOUR SHOW W/NELSON EDDY, "FDR TRIBUTE" JEANETTE MacDONALD, |
| 4-22-45 | 1/2 HR | CBS |
THE ELECTRIC HOUR SHOW W/NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MacDONALD |
| 2-17-46 | 1/2 HR | CBS |
THE ELECTRIC HOUR SHOW W/NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MacDONALD substitutes for Eddy who is ill. |
| 4-07-46 | 1/2 HR | CBS |
THE ELECTRIC HOUR SHOW W/NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MacDONALD |
| 3/25/46 | CBS |
LADY ESTHER SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS “SWEETHEARTS” W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY, |
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| 6/23/47 | CBS |
LADY ESTHER SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS “ROSEMARIE” W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY, |
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| 12/15/47 | CBS |
CAMEL SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS “SWEETHEARTS” W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY |
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| 9/23/48 | ABC |
KRAFT MUSIC HALL W/JEANETTE MacDONALD, NELSON EDDY, |
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| 1-17-49 | 44:30Min. | NBC |
RAILROAD HOUR - GORDON MACRAE SHOW, "NAUGHTY MARIETTA" JEANETTE MacDONALD, |
| 1-31-49 | 44:30Min. | NBC |
RAILROAD HOUR - GORDON MACRAE SHOW, "BITTERSWEET" JEANETTE MacDONALD, |
| 3-7-49 | 44:30Min. | NBC |
RAILROAD HOUR - GORDON MACRAE SHOW, "THE MERRY WIDOW" JEANETTE MacDONALD, |
| 4-18-49 | 42:50Min. | NBC |
RAILROAD HOUR - GORDON MACRAE SHOW, "APPLE BLOSSOMS" JEANETTE MacDONALD, |
| Jeanette's Broadway Credits | |||
| Numerical No. |
SHOW TITLE |
Year |
Theatre |
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THE NIGHT BOAT |
Feb. 2 to Dec. 1920 |
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| 2 | TANGERINE (Replaced cast member in the musical) | Sep. 1921 to Apr. 1922 | |
| 3 |
FANTASTIC FRICASSEE |
Oct. 1922 |
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| 4 |
THE MAGIC RING (Broadway Debut- 96 performances. National tour ended May, 1925.) |
2 year national Tour Oct. 1, to Dec. 22, 1923 |
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| 5 |
TIP TOES Ira and George Gershwin musical (192 performances.) |
Dec. 8, 1925 to Jun 12, 1926 |
Liberty Theatre |
| 6 |
BUBBLING OVER |
August, 1926 |
Garrick Theatre |
| 7 |
YES, YES YVETTE: Staring Jeanette MacDonald as Yvette Ralston and Jack Whiting. H. H. Frazee Production; Lyrics by Irving Caesar; Music by Irving Caesar & Philip Charig (Had 40 Broadway Performances.) |
Toured 1926 to 1927 Opened on Broadway Oct. 3 to Nov 5, 1927 |
Adelphi Theatre |
| 8 |
SUNNY DAYS (101 performances) |
Feb. 8 to May 5, 1928 |
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| 9 |
ANGELA (40 Performances.) |
Dec 3, 1928 to Jan. 5, 1929 |
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| 10 |
Boom-Boom (72 performances and a national tour.) |
Jan. 28, 1929 to Mar. 30, 1929 |
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| 11 |
The King and I |
Aug. 20-Sep. 1956 |
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| Jeanette's Radio *Concert * Opera Credits | |||
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| RECITAL TOUR | UNITED STATES | 1939 | |
| RECITAL TOUR | UNITED STATES | 1940 | |
| RECITAL TOUR | UNITED STATES | 1941 | |
| RECITAL TOUR |
UNITED STATES (This tour she donated her entire proceeds to the Army Emergency Relief Fund) |
1942 | |
| OPERA (Opera Debut) | His Majesty's Theater, Montreal) | 1943 | |
| OPERA (Canadian Tour) | ROMEO AND JULIET | 1943 | |
| RECITAL TOUR | UNITED STATES | 1943 | |
| RECITAL TOUR | UNITED STATES | 1944 | |
| OPERA |
ROMEO AND JULIET (Chicago Civic Opera Company--American Debut) |
1944 | |
| OPERA |
ROMEO AND JULIET Chicago Civic Opera Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
1944 | |
| OPERA | ROMEO AND JULIET (Chicago Civic Opera Company) |
1944 | |
| OPERA | FAUST (Chicago Civic Opera Company) |
1944 | |
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Gio, Here is another list of movies credits of Jeanette's. with co-stars. Fran |
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The Love Parade (Paramount, 1929). Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Songs: "Dream Lover," "My Love Parade," "March of the Grenadiers." Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth, Virginia Bruce, Jean Harlow (as an extra).
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1 |
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The Vagabond King (Paramount, 1930). Filmed in Technicolor. Music by Rudolph Friml. Songs: "Only a Rose," "Some Day," "Song of the Vagabonds," "If I Were King." Cast: Dennis King, Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Roth, Warner Oland.
Tech Specs: Laboratory Technicolor, USA Film length (metres) 2870 m Film
negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm |
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Paramount on Parade (Paramount, 1930) This
was an all-star revue featuring most of the Paramount stars of the day. Some
sequences were filmed in Technicolor, and several directors were involved.
Jeanette was completely cut out of the American version, though in the Spanish
version she served as Mistress of Ceremonies, and sang one number with David
Newell while floating in a gondola along the Grand Canal.
Tech Specs: Laboratory Technicolor Film length (metres)
2781.3 m (13 reels) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm |
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Lets Go Native (Paramount, 1930). Songs:
"I've Got a Yen For You," "It Seems to Be Spring," "Let's Go Native," "My Mad
Moment." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Oakie, Kay Francis (she sings!).
Tech Specs: Film length (metres) 2068 m (9 reels)
Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process |
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Monte Carlo (Paramount, 1930). Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch. Songs include: "Beyond the Blue Horizon." Cast: Jack Buchanan,
Jeanette MacDonald, Zasu Pitts.
Tech Specs: Film length (metres) 2277.5 m (10
reels) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic
process |
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The Lottery Bride
(UA, 1930) Finale filmed in Technicolor. Songs: "You're An Angel,"
"I'll Follow the Trail," "My Northern Light." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, John
Garrick, Joe E.Brown, Zasu Pitts, Robert Chisolm.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Oh, For a Man (Fox 1930). Jeanette sings
Wagner's "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde and "On a Summer Night."
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny, Bela Lugosi.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Dont Bet on Women
(Fox, 1930). No songs. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland
Young.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 Filmed in: Pasadena, CA, |
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Annabelle's Affairs (Fox, 1931): Song: "If
Someone Should Kiss You." Cast: Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland
Young, Sally Blane, Joyce Compton.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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One Hour With You
(Paramount, 1932). Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and George
Cukor. This was a remake of Lubitsch's 1924 film The Marriage Circle.
Songs: "One Hour With You," "Oh, That Mitzi," "We Will Always Be Sweethearts,"
"What Would You Do," "Three Times a Day," "What a Thing Like a Wedding Ring
Can Do." Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genvieve Tobin, Charles
Ruggles, Roland Young.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
| Love Me Tonight (Paramount, 1932). Produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Rodgers & Hart songs: "Isn't It Romantic," "Mimi," "Love Me Tonight," "Lover." Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Myrna Loy. |
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The Cat and the Fiddle
(MGM, 1933). Based on the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach musical play. Songs
include "The Night Was Made for Love," "Try to Forget." Cast: Ramon Novarro,
Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan.
Tech Specs: Film length (metres) (9 reels) Film negative
format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical |
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The Merry Widow (MGM, 1934). Produced and
directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Based on Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow.
Songs: "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Maxim's," "Vilia," "Tonight Will Teach Me to
Forget," "The Merry Widow Waltz." Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald,
Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, Herman Bing.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Naughty Marietta
(MGM, 1935). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II. Victor Herbert songs
include: "Chansonette," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "Owl and the Bobcat," "'Neath
the Southern Moon," "Italian Street Song, "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life." Cast:
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester.
Tech Specs: Film
length (metres) (11 reels) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm
Cinematographic process Spherical |
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Rose Marie
(MGM, 1936). Directed by W.S.Van Dyke II. Based on the Rudolph Friml-Herbert
Stothart operetta. Songs: "Rose Marie," "Song of the Mounties," "Indian Love
Call," "Totem Tom Tom," "Pardon Me Madame," "Just For You," Jeanette sings
operatic excerpts from Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet" and Puccini's "Tosca."
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Allan Jones, David Niven,
Herman Bing. Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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San Francisco (MGM, 1936). Directed by W.S.
Van Dyke II. Songs: "San Francisco," "Would You." Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette
MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Maytime
(MGM,
1937). Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Songs: "Will You Remember" "Virginia Ham
and Eggs," "Student Drinking Song," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," "Les
Filles de Cadiz," Page's Aria from Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer, "Czaritza,"
based on Tschaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy,
John Barrymore, Herman Bing.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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The Firefly (MGM, 1937). Directed by Robert
Z. Leonard. Based on the Rudolph Friml operetta. Filmed in sepia. Songs
include: "Love is Like a Firefly," "Sympathy," "Giannina Mia," "Donkey
Serenade." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Douglas
Dumbrille.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Girl of the Golden West (MGM, 1938). Directed
by Robert Z. Leonard. Songs by Sigmund Romberg and Gus Kahn include: "Soldiers
of Fortune," "Shadows on the Moon," "Obey Your Heart." Filmed in sepia. Cast:
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pigeon, Leo Carrillo, Buddy Ebsen.
Tech Specs: Film length (metres) (12 reels) Film
negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process
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Sweethearts
(MGM, 1938). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II. Based on the Victor Herbert
operetta. Filmed in Technicolor (and won a special Oscar). Songs include: "For
Ev'ry Lover Must Meet His Fate," "Sweethearts," "Pretty as a Picture," "Summer
Serenade," "On Parade," "Little Grey Home in the West." Cast: Jeanette
MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Herman Bing.
Tech Specs: Laboratory Technicolor, USA Film
negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process
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Broadway Serenade (MGM, 1939). Produced and
directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Finale sequence staged by Busby Berkeley.
Songs: "For Every Lonely Heart," "Rhapsody," "Flying High," "One Look At You,"
"Un Bel Di" from "Madame Butterfly. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian
Hunter, Frank Morgan.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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New Moon (MGM, 1940). Produced and directed
by Robert Z. Leonard. Based on the Sigmund Romberg operetta. Songs: "Lover,
Come Back to Me," "Wanting You," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise,"
"Stouthearted Men," "One Kiss," "Marianne." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson
Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco, H.B. Warner.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Bitter Sweet
(MGM, 1940). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II, based on the Noel Coward play.
Filmed in Technicolor. Songs: "Ziguener," "If You Could Only Come With Me,"
"Kiss Me," "I'll See You Again, "Dear Little Cafe," "What is Love," "Ladies of
the Town," "Tokay," "Love in Any Language." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson
Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Herman Bing.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Smilin' Through (MGM, 1941). Directed by
Frank Borzage. Filmed in Technicolor. Songs: "Smilin' Through," "Just a Little
Love, a Little Kiss," Bizet's "Ouvre Ton Coeur," "The Kerry Dance," "Hope and
Glory," "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Brian
Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter.
Tech Specs: Film
length (metres) (11 reels) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm
Cinematographic process Spherical |
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Married An Angel (MGM, 1942). Directed by W.S.Van Dyke II. Songs:
"I Married An Angel," "Spring is Here," "I'll Tell the Man in the Street," "A
Twinkle in Your Eye." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett
Horton, Binnie Barnes.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Cairo
(MGM,
1942). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II. Songs: "The Maid from Cadiz," "Buds Won't
Bud," "A Woman Without a Man," "Keep the Light Burning Bright in the Harbor,"
"Cairo." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Lionel Atwill,
Dooley Wilson.
Tech Specs: Film length (metres) 2760.88 m Film negative
format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical |
| Follow the Boys (Universal, 1944). Jeanette played herself in an all-star revue, singing two numbers, "Beyond the Blue Horizon" and "I'll See You In My Dreams". |
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Daring Daughters (MGM, 1948). Filmed in Technicolor. Songs: "The
Dickey Bird song," "Route 66," "You Made Me Love You," "Sweethearts," Grieg's
"Springtide." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Jose Iturbi, Jane Powell, [Mary]
Elinor Donahue, Moyna MacGill (Angela Lansbury's mother).
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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The Sun Comes Up (MGM, 1949). Music by Andre
Previn. Filmed in Technicolor. Songs: "Un Bel Di" from "Madame Butterfly,"
"Songs My Mother Taught Me," "Tes Jolies Yeux," "Cousin Ebenezer," "Romance."
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Claude Jarman, Jr., Lassie, Lloyd Nolan, Percy
Kilbride, Margaret Hamilton.
Tech Specs: Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 |
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Sweethearts (1938)Staring
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in their 5th film:
Run time:120 min. Category: MusicalsDirector: W.S. Van DykeCast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy,Mischa Auer, Irving Bacon, George Barbier, Don Barclay, Joan Barclay, Ray Bolger, Lucille Browne, Berton Churchill, Edward Earle, James Flavin, Reginald Gardiner, Fay Holden, Margaret Irving, Allyn Joslyn, Suzanne Kaaren, Gene Lockhart, Frank Morgan, Barbara Pepper, Florence Rice, Dick Rich, Ralph Sanford, Richard Tucker, Raymond Walburn, Lucile Watson, Toby Wing Academy Award® Nominee: Best Sound, Best Score |
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New Moon (1940) Staring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in their sixth film:
(Release Dates: USA-July 19,1940; Sweden-Februay 4,1941; Finland-April 13, 1941; Denmark- June 29,1951)
Set just after the French Revolution, this operetta tells the story of a duke who gives up his title to further the cause of equality in his nation's colonies. Pretending to be a servant named Charles Michon, he travels by ship to New Orleans, and while on board, meets Marianne de Beaumanoir. Believing he's a naval officer, Marianne falls in love with Charles, but when his real identity is exposed after they arrive in Louisiana, she sends him away. Disillusioned and heartbroken, both leave America on separate vessels, but a sea battle and then a shipwreck brings them together again. Reunited on a remote island, they come to realize their true feelings for each other.
Featured songs: "One Kiss," "Wanting You," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Stouthearted Men," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," "Marianne," "Tavern Scene (Take a Flower)," "Gorgeous Alexander," "Funny Little Sailor Men." "Soon I Will Be Done" -- composer unknown.
This operetta is based on the 1928 Broadway stage production. A different film version, set in Russia, was made in 1931 starring Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett.
Run Time:106 min. Category: Musicals Produced and Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard Screenplay: Robert Arthur and Jacques Deval (based on the operetta "The New Moon" by Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel and Lawrence Schwab) Music Director: Herbert Stothart Song Score: Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein IIChoreography: Val Raset Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Eddie Imazu
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Trevor Bardette, Mary Boland, Hillary Brooke, Cecil Cunningham, Gerald Fielding, Stanley Fields, Fred Graham, Dorothy Granger, Edward Hearn, George Irving, Claude King, Grant Mitchell, Forbes Murray, Ed O'Neill, Jack Perrin, Dick Purcell, Claire Rochelle, Ray Walker, H.B. Warner, Robert Warwick, Joe Yule, George Zucco
The steamboat sequences were filmed at Santa Catalina Island, California. Additional cast: Lorraine Bridges (vocal stand-in for Jeanette MacDonald), Austin Grant (solo bits on "Stouthearted Men"). Additional credits: Marvin Stuart (assistant director), Hugh Boswell (assistant director). |
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Bitter Sweet (1940) Staring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in their 7th film:(USA 8 November 1940 Sweden 4 August 1941 Finland 6 September 1942 Denmark 7 August 1950) Synopsis: In the style of the great "Maytime", director W.S.Van Dyke adapted the original operetta by Noel Coward. The movie is a glamorous, romantic piece, with a magnificent photography, wonderful songs and a pair of unforgettable stars, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Music, tragedy, love, all the elements are present in this beautiful picture, a joy for the moviegoer. Nelson and Jeanette sang with passion and his magic is beyond the scenes, his magic truly touched our hearts. In the seventh screen pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are the ingredients for movie magic. Carl is Sarah's singing teacher who is also pining for her with his hidden affection. This is their last lesson as Sarah, even with her secret love for Carl, will marry the snobbish uptight Harry Daventry. Finally performing "What is Love" for a group of Guests at a party given on the eve of her wedding, Carl reveals to Sarah that he is leaving to return to his home of Vienna and will not be able to attend her wedding. With this knowledge, Sarah decides she must reveal her true affection and Carl responds by stealing her away from the wedding date to wed him. They travel to Vienna where Carl works hard on writing his operetta. Finally finished he works on getting his operetta noticed while he and his wife work at a café. Noticed by a Baron who is never discouraged, Sarah, now fearful that her reputation will be ruined and her relationship with her husband destroyed, she decides to quit working as a dancer/singer/companion at the café but when told that Herr Wyler, a luck-stricken impresario, will appear at the café for that night to hear Carl's songs, she decides to work that last night and sing the songs Carl has written in his operetta. Arriving there, she performs for the famous impresario and while she prances with the beat of the song she is caught in dance by her spiteful baron who holds her too close and forces a kiss. Seeing this, Carl runs to her side and punches the Baron who threatens revenge with his sword. With one sloppy swing, Carl is struck and dies on the dance floor. Herr Wyler produces the operetta and Sarah performs the main character and hears her husbands voice singing with her -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory. Songs included: "Ziguener" (Sung by Jeanette) "If you could only come with me" (Sung by Nelson) - "Dear Little Café" (Sung by Jeanette and Nelson) "What is Love" (Sung by Jeanette) "I'll See you again" (Sung by Jeanette and Nelson) "Ladie of the Town" (Sung by Jeanette) "Tokay" (Sung by Nelson and Chorus) "Love in any Language" (Sung by Jeanette)
Run Time: 94 min. Category: Musicals Produced: Victor Saville Director: W.S. Van Dyke Writing credits: Noel Coward (play) Lesser Samuels Musical director: Herbert Stothart .... Recording director: Douglas Shearer .... Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons Costumes Designs: Adrian (gowns) and Gile Steele (men's costumes) Makeup Department: Jack Dawn (I) makeup designer; Sydney Guilaroff hair stylist: Miss MacDonald
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald … Sarah Millick, Nelson Eddy … Carl Linden,George Sanders .... Baron Von Tranisch, Ian Hunter (I) .... Lord Shayne, Felix Bressart .... Max, Edward Ashley .... Harry Daventry, Lynne Carver .... Dolly, Diana Lewis (I) .... Jane, Curt Bois .... Ernst, Fay Holden .... Mrs. Millick, Sig Ruman .... Herr Schlick (as Sig Rumann), Janet Beecher .... Lady Daventry, Charles Judels .... Herr Wyler, Veda Ann Borg .... Manon, Herman Bing .... Market Keeper, Greta Meyer .... Mama Luden, Max Barwyn .... Bartender, (uncredited), Art Berry Sr. .... Cabbie (uncredited), Margaret Bert .... Woman on Stairs (uncredited), Paul E. Burns .... Lathered Man (uncredited), Colin Campbell (I) .... Sir Arthur Feuchurch (uncredited), Jack Chefe .... Waiter (uncredited), Davison Clark .... Casino Attendant (uncredited), Hans Conried .... Rudolph, Man at Mama Luden's (uncredited), Jeff Corey .... Second Man on Stairs (uncredited), Gino Corrado .... Waiter (uncredited), Jean De Briac .... Croupier (uncredited), John Hendrick .... Fritz, at Mama Luden's (uncredited), Hans Joby .... Third Man on Stairs (uncredited), Armand Kaliz .... Headwaiter (uncredited), Louis Natheaux .... Officer Catching Von Tranisch (uncredited), Paul Oman .... Violinist (uncredited), Sam Savitsky .... Bearded Man (uncredited), Lester Sharpe .... First man on stairs (as Lester Scharff), Julius Tannen .... Schlick's Companion (uncredited), Ruth Tobey .... Market Keeper's Daughter (uncredited), Philip Winter .... Edgar, Sarah's Dancing Partner (uncredited).
Academy Award® Nominees: Best Cinematography (Color), Best Interior Decoration (Color) Allen M. Davey (I) Oliver T. Marsh Best Art Direction, Color John S. Detlie Cedric Gibbons Trivia and Tidbits: Taglines for Bitter Sweet (1940) A musical triumph! Filled with Noel Coward's songs and harmonies of "America's Sweethearts." Nelson Eddy, an expert fencer, had to learn how to lose in a dual, saying, "Losing is tougher than winning."
Jeanette MacDonald, protecting her face from the sun, got her back tanned, thus having to have the Hungarian costume she wears in the finale designed with a high neck. She made it a point to keep her face towards the camera as much as possible. |
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I Married an Angel (1942) Staring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddyin their 8th and last film:
"With a lilting 'Tira Lira La,' a bevy of Budapest beauties show up for the birthday celebration of the town's most eligible bachelor, Count Palaffi (Nelson Eddy). Weary of their scheming attentions, the wealthy playboy slips away to his room. . .and dreams the fanciful escape of I Married An Angel. That angel is Jeanette MacDonald. . .and the story has all the puffy-cloud imaginativeness you'd expect: the angel's heaven-above honesty makes a hilarious muck of the Count's here-below business activities. He awakens to find it was all a dream. . .but discovers the 'angel' at his party."
I Married An Angel; I'll Tell the Man in the Street; Spring Is Here; A Twinkle in Your Eye by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; Tira Lira La by Rodgers, Bob Wright and Chet Forrest; Caprice Viennoise by Fritz Kreisler; Chanson Boheme by Bizet; lyrics by Wright and Forrest; Anges Purs by Gounod; Alohe Oe by Queen Liliukalani; Hey, Butcher; There Comes a Time; May I Present the Girl; Now You've Met the Angel; But What of Truth by Herbert Stothart, Wright and Forrest.
1942, Run Time: 84 minutes, Category : Musical Produced: Hunt Sstromber Directory : Maj. W.S. Van Dyke Writing credits: Anita Loos Cinematography: Ray June Choreography: Ernst Matray
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald … Anna Zador/Briggitta,
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