Mac/Eddy Today Issues #79 and #80 released today!
In time for our event next week in Los Angeles, we have released not 1 but 2 new magazines!
Journal #79 is a 90th anniversary tribute to Naughty Marietta, the movie that started it all! Also included are the very frank recent interviews with Cora Sue Collins, who was the last surviving actor from the film.
Journal #80 is a look back at our club’s history and efforts to get the Jeanette and Nelson story told. Whereas the book Sweethearts may quote a few lines of a person’s interview, the magazines over the years has featured the full-length interviews and extensive documentation of the facts presented in the book. Along with some original interview notes and memoir excerpts, there’s information included that hasn’t been publicly discussed before.
They can be ordered at this link. Those who will be in Los Angeles can get them in person!
Enjoy!
Join us! Los Angeles event celebrating “Naughty Marietta” 90th anniversary!
June 10th update!
This year marks an important anniversary for fans of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Their first movie together, Naughty Marietta, was released 90 years ago this month!
Join us on Sunday, June 22nd in Los Angeles to celebrate this event as well as the June birthdays of both Jeanette and Nelson. We have new and returning celebrity guest speakers closely associated with the film.
Our event will be held at the famous Smoke House Restaurant, with a buffet brunch and a special birthday cake. Price includes food, our private room and everything except alcoholic drinks (other than the free mimosas that come with the buffet) which can be ordered from your server. Details:
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Location: The Smoke House restaurant, 4420 W Lakeside Dr, Burbank (across from Warner Bros. studios)
Time: 12 noon – 3 pm
Admission: $100
Tickets must be purchased in advance at this link.
The fabulous buffet food choices include tri-tip steak, ham, turkey, along with vegetarian choices including salads, omelets, waffles, crepes station, soups, coffee, etc.
No physical tickets are needed; please keep your emailed receipt plus we will have a master list of paid reservations at the door. If your reservation. Most out-of-towners are arriving late Wednesday and leaving Tuesday.n includes more than one person, please note their names in the “order notes” section when you check out. Thank you.
NOTE: When checking out here on the website, if you already have a login on our site but have problems logging in, please order as a guest.
ALSO: these look to be our final plans for Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the event: Thursday: A partial tour of their homes including “Mists”, the “Twin Gables” property, Nelson’s Brentwood homes and his beach house. We’ll also be visiting the Santa Monica Pier. Likely lunch at DuPar’s at Farmers’ Market. Friday: Visit the Hollywood area, both their final resting locations, and eating at Miceli’s Restaurant. Friday night we’ll screen Naughty Marietta on the big screen at the hotel at 7 pm. Saturday: walk in their shoes and take a drive to the Santa Barbara, Ojai and Solvang area, to visit the Jeanette/Nelson locations there. Saturday evening at 7 pm we’ll show the new blu-ray of Sweethearts, again in the hotel meeting room. If you’re interested in joining us for any of these options, please specify in the “order notes” section what you would like to see or do, so we can coordinate the entire weekend, including drivers and cars. Sunday, of course, is our main event at The Smoke House in Burbank.
If you’re coming from out-of-town, you might plan to make a long weekend of it; arrive no later than Thursday night and leave Monday. Most out-of-towners are arriving late Wednesday and leaving Tuesday. Our group stays at the hotel listed below, mention (or type in if reserving online) the group code below for the special $139 rate (plus tax). Full breakfast is included. You can also have a longer stay if you’d like; the special rate is good for check-in any time from Wednesday, June 18 through Tuesday, June 24. Note: Not sure if this group rate is still available as of this date; please call the hotel directly if interested.
Holiday Inn Express
22617 Ventura Blvd
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
818-222-2299
Group code: MCD
Remembering Nelson Eddy (1901-1967)
March 6th is the anniversary of Nelson Eddy’s passing at age 65. As he had wanted, he literally did sing till he dropped.
He was onstage in Miami about to sing a solo number, his “private moment” with Jeanette MacDonald, who had passed two years previously. Every season of his nightclub act, he chose a special song that had meaning for them, had the spotlights turned off so he couldn’t see the audience, and sang his chosen number.
The 1967 season began in Australia, with Bob Hunter replacing Ted Paxson as Nelson’s accompanist. Hunter reported that for the 1967 season, Nelson’s “private number” was “Last Night When We Were Young.” Upon returning home to the United States, Nelson had a couple weeks break and then headed to Miami to continue his tour.
Here are the lyrics to that song; one can easily understand why it had such meaning for him.
Last night when we were young
Love was a star, a song unsung
Life was so new, so real, so right
Ages ago last night
Today the world is old
You flew away and time grew cold
Where is that star that shone so bright
Ages ago last night?
To think that spring had depended
On merely this, a look, a kiss
To think that something so splendid
Could slip away in one little daybreak
So now let’s reminisce
And recollect the sighs and the kisses
The arms that clung
When we were young last night