Midnight Eastern time, 9 pm on the west coast, catch Nelson’s one number in this 1933 Clark Gable-Joan Crawford starrer. When people wonder how/why Nelson and Clark Gable became friends, this was the original connection. In later years, Nelson mentioned Joan Crawford (pictured with Nelson above) to one of his lady friends, recalling a Hollywood party in which Crawford stripped naked and danced on a table! Welcome to Hollywood, Nelson!
SAN FRANCISCO—Shirley Temple Black quietly celebrated her 80th birthday this week after breaking her arm in a fall at her suburban San Francisco home.
Rick Ross, her Los Angeles-based attorney, says the former child star is doing fine. She turned 80 on Wednesday.
Black was the top box-office draw in the U.S. from 1935 to 1938. Her best-known films include “Curly Top” and “Little Miss Marker.”
After retiring from the big screen, she held a number of diplomatic posts, including U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
Black lives in the San Francisco suburb of Woodside.
Mac/Eddy fans will remember that Shirley made her radio debut with Nelson Eddy on the Gulf Radio production of “The Blue Bird” – in which they sang “Silent Night” together...and a crazy woman in the audience stood up and pointed a gun at Shirley.
You can visit Shirley’s website here.
Sandi Kimmel is a Musical Motivational Speaker, and mentions on her blog: “Of course, I also love singing with people who are not moving on but staying here. I love how the music makes their stay better and lighter and filled with healing energy. For example, Anne is an 84-year old friend who is bedridden with degenerative osteoporosis resulting in compression fractures in her spine. A once-spunky lady, she was wilted and depressed when I started visiting her. While she enjoyed my songs and my singing, I felt that something wasn’t clicking. One day, I asked her what kind of music she liked and she started singing a Jeanette MacDonald song. I asked her husband if they had a tape player but the antique machine he produced barely worked. I bought them an inexpensive stereo cassette player and put it next to her bed. Then I went through their tape collection and put ones I thought she’d like within her reach. Since that day, she’s been singing non-stop with the Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy tape, happy as a lark with a voice to match. And yes, she’s been feeling much better lately, too.”