Video presentation of Nelson’s “I love you” letter to “Dearest Jeanette”
Not sure why we never posted this particular video excerpt by itself but here it is. More details about Nelson’s 1935 Christmas letter to Jeanette can be read here.
Nelson Eddy’s Easter message to Jeanette MacDonald
“For Easter 1947, Nelson sent Jeanette a white satin prayer book of Psalms with passages marked for her to study and a custom-made hair clasp – a single purple violet on a green leaf with a large diamond center and a tiny diamond stem. The attached note read: ‘Darling, marriage is not always being together. It is this Life – Tenderness – Sympathy and Pity – through which we learn to accept this journey through the years – smiling through our tears. This is marriage. My Angel wife you will always be.'”
Excerpt from Sweethearts by Sharon Rich, c 1994, 2001, 2014. All rights reserved.
PS: Wonder what happened to the hair clasp?
Happy Easter! Nelson & Jeanette sing for you…
This weekend marks both Easter and Passover. We wish you and yours a happy holiday!
Here are six mp3s (mostly from radio) for your listening pleasure:
Nelson Eddy singing “Keys of Heaven” with child soprano Lois Butler, 1945
Jeanette MacDonald singing “Christ the Lord Has Risen Today,” 1945
Nelson Eddy singing: “Open the Gates of the Temple,” 1945
Nelson Eddy singing: “Russian Easter Hymn”, 1946
Jeanette MacDonald singing “Come Thou Almighty King”, 1945
Nelson Eddy singing a beautiful Easter medley with Lois Butler, 1946
Indeed, Nelson’s introduction to the Easter medley is as timely today as it was back then…