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US Postal Service Now Has

Jeanette MacDonald

Stamps!

http://photo.stamps.com

Great News Jeanette Fans....

Now your wish has come true and you can actually have a photo of Jeanette on a US Postal Stamp. You have once again read it here first at your Favorite Fan Club.

Here is the Website address... http://photo.stamps.com

Check out the rest of the info for yourself and celebrate.

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December 16, 2003 Posted by Gio & Gia

                       LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS ADDS 25 FILMS TO NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
 

Great News Jeanette Fans!

Library of Congress picks Jeanette's Naughty Marietta as one of their best films in history.  We knew this all the time.  It is good news to know that the Library of Congress has discovered the best kept secret in Movie history--that Jeanette MacDonald is truly the Silver Screen's Golden Diva.  She set the singing standards for all to follow.  Never surpassed, but always copied.  Now, let's see if we can get more of the world to pay tribute to all of her many wonderful accomplishments.

Gia&Gio/JMFC Hosts
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    LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
     Public Affairs Office
  101 Independence Avenue SE
    Washington DC 20540-1610
       phone (202) 707-2905
           fax (202) 707-9199
         e-mail pao@loc.gov
                                  
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National Film Registry 2003 Library of Congress Press Release
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10A.M. EST, 12/16/2003

FILMS SELECTED TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-2003
List is in Alphabetical order.
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1)  Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974)     
2)  Atlantic City (1980)     
3)  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)     
4)  The Chechahcos (1924)     
5)  Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894-5)     
6)  Film Portrait (1970)     
7)  Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band (1928)
8)  Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)     
9)  The Hunters [Kalahari Desert tribe anthropological film] (1957)
10) Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)     
11) Medium Cool (1969)
12) National Velvet (1944)
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13) Naughty Marietta (1935)
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14) Nostalgia (1971)     
15) One Froggy Evening (1956)     
16) Patton (1970)     
17) Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy (1909)     
18) Show People (1928)
19) The Son of the Sheik (1926)
20) Tarzan and His Mate (1934)           
21) Tin Toy (1988)     
22) The Wedding March (1928)     
23) White Heat (1949)     
24) Young Frankenstein (1974)     
25) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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 Naughty Marietta     (MGM, 1935)    106 minutes, b&w
  Producer: Hunt Stromberg
  Director: W.S. Van Dyke
  Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and John Lee Mahin, sed on the operetta of the same name (music: Victor Herbert, book
  and lyrics: Rida Johnson Young)
  Cinematographer: William Daniels, A.S.C.
  Editor: Blanche Sewell
  Music: Victor Herbert, lyrics: Rida Johnson Young, additional
  lyrics by Gus Kahn
 
  Cast: Jeanette MacDonald,
        Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester,
        Douglas Dumbrille, Joseph Cawthorn, and Akim Tamiroff
 
Oscar nominated Best Movie

Posted by Lee S Quindlen
 

From: Philadelphia Music Alliance

Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 4:13 PM

Subject: Jeanette MacDonald and the Phila. Walk of Fame Event

The Philadelphia Walk of Fame needs you!

Hello

The Philadelphia Music Alliance is having an event that we would love to have Philadelphia area fan club members attend, to make sure Jeanette’s plaque is nice and shiny! Please pass this invitation along. Thank you!

 Join us for 

STAR DUST DAY

on the Philadelphia Walk of Fame

Thursday, October 2, 2003

11:30am – 12:30pm

Academy of Music steps, Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia

Come help us celebrate the rich musical heritage of Philadelphia found on the Philadelphia Walk of Fame!

Join our crew of volunteers out on the street with buckets and scrub brushes making sure each and every plaque on the Walk of Fame sparkles!

The Walk of Fame is a series of 106 bronze commemorative plaques that honors Philadelphia area musicians and music professionals who have made a significant contribution to the world of music.  The Walk of Fame is a stunning demonstration of the great talent that Philadelphia has produced.  This talent spans many musical genres and time periods, and includes Leopold Stokowski, Frankie Avalon, the Dixie Hummingbirds, Patti LaBelle, Hall & Oates, Bobby Rydell, Solomon Burke, Marian Anderson, Mario Lanza, John Coltrane, Todd Rundgren, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Dick Clark.

Star Dust Day is being hosted by WXPN radio personality Michaela Majoun.  Philadelphia radio legends, including Jerry Blavat, John DeBella and Michael Tozzi, will be serving as block captains, cheering on our corps of volunteer plaque cleaners that will include Walk of Fame members, Philadelphia personalities, musicians and proud citizens.  Some of Philadelphia’s finest musicians will help you whistle while you work, as they perform along the Walk.

Holly Drauglis

Executive Director

Philadelphia Music Alliance

212 N. 12th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107