Join us in New York City, Sunday, June 10!
Help us celebrate the June birthdays of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the Big Apple! This is our first NYC club event in a few years so don’t miss it! It is conveniently near Penn Station and the 34th St. buses and subways.
Date: Sunday, June 10, 1-4 pm.
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June 11, 2012 @ 11:10 am
I want to thank everyone who came to our NYC meeting. We had a lot of fun, enjoyed two great Jeanette/Nelson birthday cakes (thanks, Maria!) and folks got to meet one of my “Sweethearts” sources. In particular, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and producer Dick Barclay was working with Robert Mitchum years ago and they discussed the Jeanette/Nelson story and whether Mitchum knew anything about it. To Dick’s surprise, Mitchum said he could actually verify one point of the story; in particular the fact that just before Christmas, 1964, Jeanette was in the hospital and needed Gene at her side before undergoing major surgery; Nelson was there but could not sign needed paperwork since he was not legally her spouse. “It’s true that Nelson Eddy was going in and out of bars [on Santa Monica Blvd] looking for Gene Raymond,” Mitchum told Dick Barclay. “I was in one of the bars when he came in searching for him.” The moral of this story: you never know who you might meet at one our Mac/Eddy club events. Even I learn new information! – Sharon