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Blythe Kearney Interview re: Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
July 25, 2025

Blythe Kearney Interview re: Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy

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“It’s not easy. One minute he doesn’t care and one minute he’s angry,” Jeanette MacDonald told Blythe Kearney, when she boldly asked Jeanette how her husband dealt with Jeanette’s relationship with Nelson Eddy. Watch through to the end of the video, as Jeanette’s comments about her life and career are found throughout the interview.

Blythe knew Jeanette from her childhood onward. As a child, Blythe spent a day with Jeanette and Nelson when they were vacationing together in St. Petersburg, Florida, as a private couple in the late 1940s. Blythe’s grandmother, Mary Blythe (of the Barrymore family), was Jeanette’s friend from their high school days; Jeanette would come and visit Mary in Florida every so often, and Mary attended both Jeanette’s wedding and her funeral.

Whether Nelson ever joined Jeanette at other times in St. Pete is unknown; for this visit around 1947 or ’48, Blythe was staying with her grandparents when he and Jeanette arrived together. Years later, around 1958, Blythe had a long talk with Jeanette, and they discussed Nelson, Gene, and Jeanette’s advice about finding love.

This video is an excerpt from the 3-hour interview; a more complete written transcript of it was published in Mac/Eddy Today, Issue #78.

June 29, 2025

Happy Birthday, Nelson Eddy!

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June 18, 2025

Happy birthday, Jeanette MacDonald!

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Mac/Eddy Today Issues #79 and #80 released today!
June 10, 2025

Mac/Eddy Today Issues #79 and #80 released today!

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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!
March 13, 2025

Join us! Los Angeles event celebrating “Naughty Marietta” 90th anniversary!

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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

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1935 Grace Moore is announced as Nelson's co-star for the upcoming "Rose Marie." (The following month Jeanette re-negotiates her MGM contract and replaces Grace Moore.)

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