VOLUME 1: (Issues 1-5) covers the early years, their lives and careers pre-MGM; NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935), the details behind the filming of their first film together; ROSE MARIE (1936); their engagement and break-up; Nelson’s 1936 concert tour, Jeanette in SAN FRANCISCO (1936), her “feud” with Clark Gable; the first Technicolor MAYTIME (1936) co-starring Frank Morgan and Paul Lukas. Also an article by Norma Nelson McDaniel, Nelson’s protege, who was his script girl on his radio show “The Electric Hour.” New introduction by Sharon Rich. 200 pages, color covers are reproduced full-sized inside the book.
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1939Nelson marries Ann Franklin in Las Vegas, accompanied by his reluctant mother Isabel and Ann's friend Doris Kenyon. Kenyon was a silent film actress and also occasionally co-starred with Nelson in live opera in Los Angeles. Nelson by his own statement had been drinking and one newspaper clipping noted that he was halfway up the aisle before realizing that Doris not Ann was at his side.
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