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3 unusual facts about Jeanette MacDonald


Battle of Vitoria

The climax of the movie The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald, occurs with Wellington's attack on the French centre.

Donn B. Murphy

He was Lighting Director at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri for two years, where he worked with Jeanette MacDonald, Gisèle MacKenzie, Penny Singleton and Charles Nelson Reilly.

Sharon Rich

Sharon Rich has written eight books and edited and written over sixty magazine articles about 1930s singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.


Alberta Nichols

Nichols and Holiner wrote the music for several Broadway shows, including "Blackbirds of 1933", and "Angela", which starred Jeanette MacDonald.

Children's music

Many of the biggest names in theater, radio, and motion pictures were featured on these albums, such as: Bing Crosby, Harold Peary ("The Great Gildersleeve"), Orson Welles, Jeanette MacDonald, Roy Rogers, Fanny Brice, William Boyd ("Hopalong Cassidy"), Ingrid Bergman, Danny Kaye, and Fredric March.

The Norconian Resort Supreme

During this era, Jeanette MacDonald, Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone, Stan Laurel and other stars regularly visited the Norconian, as did sports stars Lou Nova (boxer), Helen Wills (tennis), local star Jess Hill (USC coach and star, New York Yankees) and the 'ol Pitt football team of 1935.


see also

Jeanette MacDonald Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript

Jeanette MacDonald Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript, Annotated by Sharon Rich

Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy is biographical book by Sharon Rich.

The Sun Comes Up

Jeanette MacDonald had been off the screen for five years until her return in Three Daring Daughters (1948),but The Sun Comes Up was to be her last.