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Jeanette MacDonald in Mother’s Day screening of “Three Daring Daughters”

Jeanette MacDonald and co-stars in "Three Daring Daughters" (1948)
Jeanette MacDonald and co-stars in "Three Daring Daughters" (1948)

Mother’s Day TCM alert! Set your VCR/DVR, etc.!

May 9 – 8:00 AM Eastern Time Three Daring Daughters (1948)

Three young girls try to help their widowed mother find the right husband. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell, Jose Iturbi. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-115 mins, TV-G

Jose Iturbi ain’t Nelson Eddy…but besides seeing Jeanette in gorgeous Technicolor, there are some memorable moments in this wanna-be remake of Deanna Durbin’s Three Smart Girls. Watch as Jeanette sings a nostalgic version of “Sweethearts.” Also, her duet with Jane Powell (Grieg’s “Springtide”) is gorgeous. And finally, Jeanette’s irritating cruise dining partner “Mrs. Smith” is played by Moyna McGill – better known as the mother of Angela Lansbury!

Today in J/N History

1938 Walter Pidgeon is offered the lead opposite Jeanette in "Broadway Serenade" but turns it down. (We don't know the reason why but perhaps he wasn't impressed with the on-set histrionics going on between her and Nelson during the filming of "Girl of the Golden West.") Lew Ayres replaces Pidgeon, simultaneously filming "Broadway Serenade" and "Ice Follies of 1939".

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