A newspaper article about Jeanette MacDonald from the Philippines!

Not sure we agree that Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae replaced Jeanette and Nelson with the same box office magic…no one has ever done that and Gordon MacRae was never the highest paid singer in the world like Nelson Eddy! Still, it’s great to see Jeanette mentioned in this article!

“By the mid-’30s Jeanette MacDonald was the Queen of Hollywood Musicals, having topbilled a series of successful films with Nelson Eddy. The duo was Tinseltown’s most successful singing pair—until Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae paired up in “Oklahoma” and “Carousel” more than 20 years later. Soon, the studios started importing opera divas like Lili Pons and Rise Stevens.”…

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A New England Jeanette & Nelson show, “Yes, Yes, Jeanette” is well-received!

From The Salem News:

“Before Bogie and Bacall, before Tracy and Hepburn, the silver screen’s most celebrated couple was Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.

The acting partners were Hollywood’s sweethearts, rising to fame in MGM films in the 1930s.

They were the reigning singing/acting duo of their day — but like modern-day Hollywood couples, they weren’t without controversy.

Long before the rumored romances of present-day Hollywood — think Brad and Angelina — the question of whether Jeanette and Nelson were lovers off-screen swirled around Tinseltown.”…

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