Producer: Robert Z. Leonard & Hunt Stromberg
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Awards: Nominated for Best Musical Score and for Best Sound.
Release Date: March 26th, 1937
Origination: Inspired by the 1917 Operetta, Maytime. The music was by Sigmund Romberg and the Lyrics and book were written by Rida Johnson Young.
Interesting Fact: As the third in a sequence of eight films together, this film is considered the best of Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald. Jeanette contributed this success to the talent of Robert Z. Leonard who was a singer himself.
Paul: That day did last me all of my life. Don't cry, Marcia. You won't be lonely. I'll be close always.
For those who love the partnership of Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy, this film is one of the most treasured ones. Some may suggest that this was the story of their life together before and after death. Oddly enough, Jeanette had just been engaged to Gene Raymond during this picture. Both Eddy & MacDonald had wonderful marriages with their own spouse, but many dreamed that they were married to each other. Maybe the ending of this film was reenacted in heaven, who knows?
My father loves this film for it's simple message. No career should come before love; not for man, not for woman. For someone you love, all things should be secondary.
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