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March 17, 2010

Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy: Live tweeting a week in the life of a film historian!

maceddy Jeanette & Nelson by Sharon Rich

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy fans: Join me for a week of live-tweeting of what it’s like to be me – a film historian researching and interacting with anything and everyone that can provide more information about – you guessed it – Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy!

I meant to start this on Saturday while in Altoona, PA, for the performance of “A Scandalous Affair.” The Mishler Theater there has the original chandelier used in the 1937 Jeanette-Nelson movie Maytime. The story of how the theater got this amazing piece of movie history was what led to the show about their lives being produced there. Anyway, I attempted to take a photo of the chandelier with my new phone camera but was all thumbs attempting to upload the picture as a tweet. There was so much going on that I never had a free moment from them on to try to tweet anything. But…considering that some very awesome stuff has happened since then, I’m going to return to the original plan and fill everyone in.

Follow the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/maceddyclub.

March 17, 2010

A Jeanette MacDonald project you can help with…

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And here is the link to add your 2c to the Los Angeles Times‘ questions about whether Jeanette MacDonald should be included on the Hollywood Star Walk.

Voice your opinion at this link.

March 17, 2010

Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy: “I Married an Angel” on TCM March 18!

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I Married an Angel - Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy fans: Tivo/DVR/VCR alert! Or – just watch it!

Their last film together, I Married an Angel, will screen on TCM on March 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM Eastern Time.

While general audiences didn’t know what to make of this “out there” comedy when it was first released in 1942, the sophistication goes over better today. Plus there’s awesome singing in it!

Watch for the scene early on when Jeanette MacDonald, in a homemade angel costume, hesitantly attempts to give Nelson’s character a birthday kiss. She leans forward, then Nelson Eddy the prankster crosses his eyes at her, which you can’t see. But you see her eyes following his for the moment and then she breaks character and laughs. It’s a gem…and thankfully director Woody Van Dyke left it in the film!