A larger version of this picture has hung in
my parents home since I was a child.
At last the "Singing Sweethearts" of Hollywood. If you claim to know much of Hollywood, than you should know this couple and know them well. They were the original singing couple at the beginning of the sound age and on into the beginning of World War II. Their songs, to this day, are still admired and re-sung.
This is my favorite on-screen couple. As I grew up, their music was frequently in the background. There have been rumors of an affair off-screen, yet reports of the past proves their happy marriages to their respective spouses. I suggest to not read about them on the inaccurate Wikipedia. Eddy said of the rumors in 1957:
"I don't know why people still want to believe that Jeanette MacDonald and I were a couple off the set. There's no truth to that rumor, at all. She's happily married to Gene Raymond and I'm happily married to Anne. I guess people want to believe that what they see on the screen is reality while in actuality, it's just a movie!"
He was the tall and well-established Baritone, she was the starlet chorus girl. Together they were musical dynamite and were coupled for their first movie "Naughty Marietta" in 1935. After five successful films, MGM split them up in hopes of doubling profits. In 1940 they were reunited in "New Moon." In total they starred in eight films together:
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| Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) |
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| Nelson Eddy (1901-1967) |
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Rose Marie (1936)
Maytime (1937)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Sweethearts (1938)
New Moon (1940)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
I Married An Angel (1942)
No matter what character they played opposite each other, the chemistry was always there. They sang their way into our hearts and taught us a little bit more about the 'Sweet mystery of life.'
This song was considered to be Louis B. Mayer's favorite
and was sung at his funeral by Jeanette MacDonald.
It would later be sung at hers.
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