Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Home Page
  • Home
  • Shop
    • Books
    • Magazines
    • Calendars
    • Event Tickets
    • Special Packages
    • Gift Cards
  • Blog
  • Jeanette & Nelson
    • Biography – Overview
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
      • Part 3
      • Part 4
      • Part 5
    • Filmography
    • Eyewitness Accounts
    • Read Book Excerpts
      • JM: The Irving Stone Letters
      • NE: The Opera Years Excerpt
      • JM: Autobiography
      • J/N: The Rosary
    • Nelson Eddy, Artist
    • Photo Gallery
  • Sweethearts
    • About Sweethearts
    • Sweethearts Reviews
    • Sweethearts Excerpt
    • Sweethearts Promo Video
    • Sweethearts Documentation
  • About Us
    • Mac/Eddy Today Magazine
    • Sample Articles & Interviews
      • Al Caiazza
      • Frank Laric
      • J/N Genealogy
      • John Pickard
      • K.T. Ernshaw
      • Lawrence Tibbett, Jr.
      • Miliza Korjus
      • Nelson Eddy Drive
      • RisĂ« Stevens
      • Sandy Reiss
    • Editorial
  • Fun Stuff
    • Download music for a happy or sad event
    • Watch our “Master Class” videos
    • Links: Fan Fiction, Singers, Musicals, etc.
  • Contact
  • My Account
    • Register or Login
    • Edit my address or email
  • 0 items
June 18, 2020

Happy birthday, Jeanette MacDonald!

maceddy Announcements charm bracelet 0 Comments

In honor of Jeanette MacDonald’s birthday, read “Sweethearts” today for free with Kindle Unlimited! Download and enjoy here!

A quote from the book from a 1946 letter, from Nelson Eddy to Jeanette: ” Our love is very different from other couples – partly because it is a holy thing and then it has been made perfect on an altar of suffering. I want to write this for you to keep always, my beloved little wife…”

One of our favorite birthday shots of her. Nelson feeds cake to pregnant Jeanette on the “Sweethearts” set, June 18, 1938.

Jeanette wore one of Nelson’s gifts in the film, the charm bracelet shown here on her wrist. One of the charms was a pair of men’s boxers with a diamond studded padlock on it. In the screenshot we can see what looks like a radio microphone, the ballerina is next to it.

The gold charm bracelet has survived to this day. 🙂

 

 

February 5, 2020

Nelson Eddy’s Beach House (1939) by Paul R. Williams

maceddy Announcements 0 Comments

Pictured above is the “beach house” that Nelson Eddy purchased after his 1939 marriage to Ann Franklin. It was built in 1930 for opera singer Lawrence Tibbett by a famous African American architect, Paul R. Williams, whose amazing story is featured at the link below. (His full name was Paul Revere Williams.)

By 1939, Tibbett moved and Nelson Eddy was having difficulty living in the same residence as his new spouse Ann Franklin. He packed up his mother, Isabel Eddy, and moved her into this beachfront property. I’m sure the choice of homes was more for Nelson’s comfort and sanity as a hideaway right on the ocean and far from “town.” At that time, one went downstairs in the back yard right onto the beach. In the years since, Pacific Coast Highway was adjusted slightly so now one must cross over that road to get to the water.

The main house had two bedrooms and bath upstairs and a living room downstairs with a choir loft to sing from… with amazing acoustics and a view of the ocean. An indoor side stairway went to Nelson’s new residence, a private studio atop the house with a 360 degree view.  (You can see his studio on the top right in the photo above.) Here Nelson set up his “shrine” to Jeanette and could paint and do artwork as he wished. Some original plumbing remains in his bathroom shower. No doubt Nelson would have come downstairs for major meals but very few friends came here. His horse was stabled up the road…past all the other homes on the street that were designed by Paul Williams. If you have read “Sweethearts,” it was here that Clark Gable visited Nelson, and Nelson’s wife Ann Eddy made an unwelcome appearance, insisting she would not allow Nelson to make “New Moon” with “that tramp”, ie, Jeanette MacDonald. Which of course backfired; Nelson threw Ann out of the house and decided to make the film. According to our records, Nelson kept this house until 1942.

Below is a recent article about Mr. Williams. We have published several pages with more photos and more history of this house in Issue 72 that deals with all the Nelson and Jeanette major homes. Below is a photo of Paul Williams at a very famous building he designed for LAX airport!

Link to the article about Paul R. Williams

 

January 14, 2020

Remembering Jeanette and Blossom

maceddy Jeanette & Nelson We will remember 0 Comments

The irony of two close sisters… both died on January 14. Jeanette, the baby of the family, died in 1965 and Blossom followed her in 1978. It’s because of Blossom Rock that we’re here today… she insisted the  Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy story be told, not the PR version. She’s pictured here apparently in her last TV role, a 1966 episode of Sherwood Schwartz’s “It’s About Time,” a caveman comedy. Thank you, Blossom. This is more how she looked when I knew her. We will remember…

«‹ 3 4 5 6 ›»

Today in J/N History

1938 Nelson en route to Washington D.C for a concert. Afterwards (and with Jeanette secretly with him, per his bodyguard Red Boyles),  Nelson goes to Williamsburg to start planning his dream family home with architect Sylvanus Marston.

Social Links

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Catalog

2021 Calendar
Books
Magazines

Jeanete & Nelson Biography

Latest News

  • Journal #77 pre-release!
  • Remembering Nelson Eddy (1901-1967)
  • Last call! Jeanette & Nelson 2021 Calendar!
  • Remembering Jeanette and Blossom

Sweethearts Documentation

Frequently updated…

Upcoming Events

Stay safe and well!

Recent Comments

  • Beverly MacInnes: Wonderful 2021 Calendar. Thank you for the quick shipment.H…
  • Mary H Truesdell: I do appreciate the wonderful offerings on Youtube always a…
  • Mary H Truesdell: Very glad to have you back again, Sharon. Was praying you w…

Login * Register * Log Out

My Account * Lost Password

Shipping Policy & Terms of Service

Contact Us * Privacy Policy

Blog Tags

a scandalous affair blossom rock Book Reviews by Sharon Rich Calendars costumes cruise czaritza dancing lady darryl winston Debbie Reynolds documentation DVDs Events eyewitness accounts Facebook In the News J/N Tribute Show Jeanette funeral Jeanette MacDonald Kindle louis b. mayer Mac/Eddy Club Mail Bag maytime mp3 naughty marietta Nelson Eddy Nelson Eddy art phantom of the opera Photos R.I.P. recipes rosalie san francisco Shirley Temple smilin' through songs & lyrics Susanna Foster Sweethearts book Their homes This is Your Life We will remember WWII YouTube

All News

  • Journal #77 pre-release!
  • Remembering Nelson Eddy (1901-1967)
  • Last call! Jeanette & Nelson 2021 Calendar!
  • Remembering Jeanette and Blossom
  • CANCELLED! First Coast Opera Tribute to Jeanette & Nelson 1/7/2021
  • Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald Christmas songs
  • Carl Reiner was a fan…

Archives

↑

© Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Home Page | Mac/Eddy Club ©1996-2021
Powered by WordPress • Themify WordPress Themes