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Opera star Aprile Millo is a Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy fan…

One of my constant and mostly happy memories of childhood center around the family being together, relatively peaceful, and listening to music. My mom loved Jeanette MacDonald films and Nelson Eddy films and so we would traipse to the Vanguard theater, or the vintage theater to see their films. Now every time I see or hear one of their many wonderful lush melodies, I have to say, I get a little misty-eyed.

These excerpts from Smiling Through, one of my mommas favorite songs, and the ending of the fabulous “Maytime”, with their reunion.

Link – also click onto her favorite film clips as she has included some Mac/Eddy films

Today in J/N History

1945 It is noted that the Nelson and Ann Eddy separation lasted "only a few weeks," no reason given for either the separation or why Nelson backed off at getting a divorce. The same source stated that during the separation Nelson officially resided at his mother's house.

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