I’m obsessed with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald as I too know what it is to have a love of your life! How heartbreaking they only had a limited time with each other. She IS wearing the ring Nelson gave her for her “wedding” ring. Love it! She DID indeed LOVE only Nelson!
I could never count how many times I have watched this. Thank you, thank you!! I really think that Nelson says "what, dear" when she says"You know what?" It must have just come naturally for him to answer her that way.
I’m in heaven every time I watch Jeanette hear Nelson’s voice and she loses it for just a bit. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry-usually do both! 😂😭
I just love this episode. Jeanette is one of my favourite singers and actresses of all time. A lot of people badmouth her husband Gene Raymond for being a bad husband to her, but you can see the love, affection and devotion between them. My favourite part of the episode is the scene stealing Nelson Eddy. What a tremendous voice he had. So powerful. If only we could've heard Jeanette's singing in this episode. I love the presenter. He has so much charisma and his enthusiasm is infectious. I was born in the wrong era in some ways. Thanks for uploading this treasure.
Gee, what a wonderful show. My heart pumps honey when I see Jeanette´ s reaction when the invited people enter, especially Nelson. Thanks for uploading this jewel.
I shall treasure this forever! My grandmother introduced me to Jeanette's movies. She loved her so, and so do I. Loved the moment when Nelson Eddy walked in. They were such a great team, the Singing Sweethearts. They really should have been allowed to marry (from what I've read). Their love for each other is so obvious.
@@AnneCherch Sorry, not really. I still remember when their clips came up during 'That's Entertainment', the audience laughed out loud -- every time. (I loved that film -- introduced me to the great MGM musicals, so I saw it at least a dozen times back in 1974.) Yes, they had good voices, but they were SO corny, so...laughably over-the-top. And here, Eddy ends his song on a note that's WAY too sharp. But hey...just my silly opinion. I can certainly understand why you loved them so much if your grandmother introduced you to their movies so long ago. It was a different time, more innocent -- or so they wanted us to believe -- at least on the screen.
@@DDumbrille The audience that would laugh at the great and cheer for the pathetic offerings from today's Hollywood are a reflection of so much that is ugly in this present culture.
@@NinaWassamatta They were laughing at them when That's Entertainment premiered in 1974. It's worth noting that none of the other greats were laughed at in that amazing compilation, with perhaps the exception of Donald O'Connor. But his routine was MEANT to be funny. They may have been beloved by many 80 years ago, but they've been a joke for the last (almost) 50 years.
I have heard the song Rose Marie in 1960's when I was small girl. This melody stayed with me for many years until one day in 1990's I had chance to watch whole movie. What a joy.
Wow! I've seen this before but never this sharp. Enjoyed watching it all over again. Her body language was very telling. Thanks for doing this. It was great@
So very special--a tribute to a marvelously talented, gorgeous woman! Her voice, a charm; her sense of pitch, perfect! I loved her films when growing up, especially in high school when Jeanette came to my home town and presented a few of her films at a popular theater. I missed the event due to studies and such, but apparently she gave a brief message before each film was shown. She gave the challenge to Hollywood to honor a rich musical past to make pictures that educated the then 20th century entertainment hungry population! Today we have a lingering reminder via VHS and now DVD!
Nelson sings, "Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife And to this day the glorious unknown morrow That dawns upon eternal love and life" From the hymn "A Perfect Love"
SylentEcho Sorry, I just saw this comment. This was Jeanette’s original print. We purchased the remainder of her estate and had it digitized and cleaned up.
I love Jeannette and Nelson Eddy, they are sp beautiful together, they really lived each other. A shame they couldn't be together, married I love their voices, li m e angels. Beautifu
She was an absolute doll. Not the prima donna some thought she was. She and Nelson still loved each other as sweethearts but respected their separate marriages.
Victor TalkingMachine Yes, indeed! She was the real deal and they were sweethearts and lovers in very difficult marital situations they couldn’t seem to get out from under - they tried.
I was named after Jeanette MacDonald except my last name is McDonald lol. My dad promised his grandmother to name a daughter after her. This is the first time I’ve seen a video of her. She seemed like a lovely woman.❤
That is a lovely story. Jeanette was an incredibly beautiful and talented woman and by all accounts a wonderful human being. You’re very lucky to bear her name.
WAS IT JUST ME OR DID SHE NOT ACT SURPRISED.????..SHE SPILLED THE BEANS WHEN SHE SAID SHE SAW NELSON EDDY'S CAR WHEN SHE ARRIVED....IT HAS BEEN KNOWN IN HOLLYWOOD FOR YEARS THAT NELSON AND JEANETTE HAD BEEN LOVERS AND HER MARRIAGE TO GENE RAYMOND WAS A SHAM...HE WAS GAY ...BUT THAT WAS HOLLYWOOD AND STILL IS...
I believe she had an inkling that something was amiss because of the car but her chest was heaving like she just ran a marathon in anticipation of Nelson’s entrance. The whole thing was fraught with emotion. Poor Jeanette!
I'm from Darby, upper Darby is part. How funny, also Philadelphia, lerros candy , broad st, factory in Darby near my home..wow! Love her no one like that beauty & voice, maytime my favorite... sweetheart ❣❣❣❣
This is so great to see - a better print than I've ever seen of this particular "This is Your Life" episode. Nelson and Jeanette were the very best at what they did - I still enjoy seeing their films as TCM runs them often. Just wondering, and maybe some of the ladies out here can help me out: HOW EXACTLY did one remove that seemingly indestructible Hazel Bishop lipstick? With paint thinner?
I wished Nelson Eddy would've sang, "Sweetheart, Will You Remember Me," to Jeanette. :-) I've seen their 8 movies, listened to their singing on UA-cam; several times. Read the book "Sweethearts" by Sharon Rich. Found the stories interesting and enjoying; which had me watching some of the movies again and again. Sad to hear about their struggles staying in the relationship, long term.
I hope you don't mind, I added a link from my video to this one, in my description, for those who have watched the video on my channel, but would like to see the full show.
I watch this over and over, especially when I read somewhere that...for example, she credits her performance in Maytime to "being deeply in love for the first time" during the filming, and someone equates that to her subsequent marraige to Gene "just after filming"...wrong, wrong , wrong!
What a video! I watch it over and over like the Lux video. I with the camera didnt move so soon before the lipstick commercial....I saw some activity at the side of the frame...Nelson said something and leaned down toward Jeanette I assume.
This is awesome! :) Thank you for sharing it with us. I really wish the camera hadn't zoomed in at 26:00 because it looked like Jeanette was sarcastically scolding Blossom or Nelson....and then Nelson leaned in all "Gotcha hahaha" !!!
DreamlandExpress2007 That was exactly what I believe she was doing. It was Blossom who conspired to get Nelson there. She and Nelson had been estranged for about 2 years at this time. We hear Nelson's response to her scolding but we can't see their faces which I agree is very frustrating!
She’s so beautiful and healthy here - love her beautiful gown and jewelry. I wish she had been able to spend her life with Nelson. All of this beauty, talent, and grace, wasted a gay man who could not fully give himself to her.
Sisters Marie Blake and Jeanette MacDonald had similar figures, but their faces were markedly different. the Gabor sisters had similar figures and faces .
Upsetting to watch because I know from all that I have read that they never stopped loving one another even though they were married to other people. They were both under contract to different studios and they weren't allowed to marry due to this. So sad. So as I watch this, I can sense how uncomfortable Jeanette was.. the best acting job that she probably had done in her life. My heart went out to Nelson Eddy, too. He adored her until the day that she died and after, also as he had admitted in an interview. I also find it rather interesting that she was wearing a necklace that I believe, Nelson Eddy had given to her. How hard it must have been for them both to pull off this charade. It was so phoney. I believe that I'm correct in my observations. If not, someone please come forward to correct me. My heart just ached as I watched this.
Thank you for your insightful comments. Regarding her jewelry and this necklace in particular, while I’m not sure where Jeanette got this piece, I don’t believe Nelson gifted it to her - it’s not his taste. Sometime in the 1940’s he gifted her with a perfectly matched strand of opera length pearls which she wore frequently - you see it in one of the color magazine adverts she did during that time. Gene gave her a clump like necklace for their 20th anniversary in 1957 - those clumps typically use inferior mismatched pearls which Nelson would never have selected. She did wear Gene’s necklace often after that. Nelson did gift her with many lovely pieces of jewelry including a emerald ring, however, she also purchased jewelry as a “gift to myself”. When she was “engaged” to Bob Richee she bought a diamond ring that she wore on her engagement finger, everyone assume Richee had given it to her but that was not true. Jeanette loved jewelry, she didn’t necessarily care if it was costume or real. But Nelson’s taste was far more fastidious. I hope that helps.
Nelson gifted that diamond cluster necklace to Jeanette. They were not speaking at this time but Blossom told her that she was going on this show. She knew she was going to see Nelson. She was very nervous. It was like 2 years they hadn't spoke. She felt unattractive and old walked off a set after watching the playback and never called him back or answered him I think she was depressed they couldn't live their normal lives it took a toll on her and them.
Time has made the sponsors' messages on early TV shows period pieces of considerable historic interest. They have lost their ability to irritate. Besides, the price viewers paid for free commercial programing IMO was much cheaper than the barrage of unrelated and disruptive spot ads which became the financial model as the industry migrated from New York to Hollywood. Sponsors felt a responsibility for shows with their names on them. They often tailored them to the tastes of the more elite segments of what was still, in the early Fifties, a minority of Americans which could afford a set. Many YT commenters compare today's tube unfavorably with the sophisticated air of early broadcasts. Technique has progressed, not editorial standards.
Yes I did - it was so telling. She was virtually as transparent as a glass of water here. Did you hear her snarky comment to Blossom when she heard her other sister, Elsie was there? “Oh, is SHE here too?” Ahahahaha
Как Нельсон взял Джанетт за руку так и не отпускает а когда Джин вцепился двумя руками в руку Нельсона он пытается ее вырвать и это так бросается в глаза.
It seems like a concerted effort was made to re-affirm Jeanette and Gene’s marriage, almost to a suspicious degree. The story goes that Nelson and Jeanette fell in love on the set of Rose-Marie and wanted to marry, but that L.B. Mayer forbade it, threatening the two stars with the loss of their MGM contracts. Jeanette was Mayer’s pet; he did permit her to marry, as long as it wasn’t to Nelson Eddy, and a marriage to Gene Raymond was arranged. Allegedly, Raymond was same-sex attracted and sterile, and Jeanette had four pregnancies with Eddy that she was unable to carry to term. See how quickly she sits down after greeting each surprise guest…that’s a means of energy conservation in people with poor heart function.
Wow, nearly 50 and STUNNING. No botox, no fillers, just natural beauty radiating.
Exactly right and she looks even better in a few weeks after she reunited here with Nelson!❤️
I hope that Jeanette and Nelson are enjoying an eternity together and loving each other freely and without end.
Susan Grant Amen!
Yes with my whole heart and soul I say amen to this my prayer also
I’m obsessed with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald as I too know what it is to have a love of your life! How heartbreaking they only had a limited time with each other. She IS wearing the ring Nelson gave her for her “wedding” ring. Love it! She DID indeed LOVE only Nelson!
I could never count how many times I have watched this. Thank you, thank you!! I really think that Nelson says "what, dear" when she says"You know what?" It must have just come naturally for him to answer her that way.
I’m in heaven every time I watch Jeanette hear Nelson’s voice and she loses it for just a bit. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry-usually do both! 😂😭
Me too, it never fails to move me!
Scotty Bibb Me too, it never fails to move me.
I ll have Jeannette voice as the background music at my funeral. There never was a greater soprano !!
I just love this episode. Jeanette is one of my favourite singers and actresses of all time. A lot of people badmouth her husband Gene Raymond for being a bad husband to her, but you can see the love, affection and devotion between them.
My favourite part of the episode is the scene stealing Nelson Eddy. What a tremendous voice he had. So powerful. If only we could've heard Jeanette's singing in this episode.
I love the presenter. He has so much charisma and his enthusiasm is infectious. I was born in the wrong era in some ways. Thanks for uploading this treasure.
She and Nelson Eddy had the most amazing screen chemistry ever.
They certainly did.
I think they genuinely loved each other. And suffer of broken hearts since they met.
Gee, what a wonderful show. My heart pumps honey when I see Jeanette´
s reaction when the invited people enter, especially Nelson. Thanks for uploading this jewel.
I too, love Nelson Eddy!!!
I shall treasure this forever! My grandmother introduced me to Jeanette's movies. She loved her so, and so do I. Loved the moment when Nelson Eddy walked in. They were such a great team, the Singing Sweethearts. They really should have been allowed to marry (from what I've read). Their love for each other is so obvious.
What are you, like 100?
Excuse me? I'm only 72. I gather you don't like Jeanette or Nelson Eddy??
@@AnneCherch Sorry, not really. I still remember when their clips came up during 'That's Entertainment', the audience laughed out loud -- every time. (I loved that film -- introduced me to the great MGM musicals, so I saw it at least a dozen times back in 1974.) Yes, they had good voices, but they were SO corny, so...laughably over-the-top. And here, Eddy ends his song on a note that's WAY too sharp. But hey...just my silly opinion. I can certainly understand why you loved them so much if your grandmother introduced you to their movies so long ago. It was a different time, more innocent -- or so they wanted us to believe -- at least on the screen.
@@DDumbrille The audience that would laugh at the great and cheer for the pathetic offerings from today's Hollywood are a reflection of so much that is ugly in this present culture.
@@NinaWassamatta They were laughing at them when That's Entertainment premiered in 1974. It's worth noting that none of the other greats were laughed at in that amazing compilation, with perhaps the exception of Donald O'Connor. But his routine was MEANT to be funny. They may have been beloved by many 80 years ago, but they've been a joke for the last (almost) 50 years.
I have heard the song Rose Marie in 1960's when I was small girl. This melody stayed with me for many years until one day
in 1990's I had chance to watch whole movie. What a joy.
Wow! I've seen this before but never this sharp. Enjoyed watching it all over again. Her body language was very telling. Thanks for doing this. It was great@
I love Nelson Eddy! He had such a lovely voice! Our dear, sweet Nelson Eddy!
Am I imagining it or did she absolutely adore him 😌
She obviously did adore him!
Jennette was a beautiful human being and a great actress and I think San Francisco was my favorite movie R.I.P Jennette
So very special--a tribute to a marvelously talented, gorgeous woman! Her voice, a charm; her sense of pitch, perfect! I loved her films when growing up, especially in high school when Jeanette came to my home town and presented a few of her films at a popular theater. I missed the event due to studies and such, but apparently she gave a brief message before each film was shown. She gave the challenge to Hollywood to honor a rich musical past to make pictures that educated the then 20th century entertainment hungry population! Today we have a lingering reminder via VHS and now DVD!
Nelson sings,
"Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife
And to this day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life"
From the hymn "A Perfect Love"
The clarity of this video is superb! Congratulations!
Glad you enjoyed it, the guys who did the digitization/restoration are fabulous!
Where did you record/download this from? The quality is amazing.
SylentEcho Sorry, I just saw this comment. This was Jeanette’s original print. We purchased the remainder of her estate and had it digitized and cleaned up.
Wonderfully beautiful voice, God’s gift 🎵🙏
Her sister Blossom was grandmama on the 60s Adams family t.v. show!
So, in other words, she was the Witch.
"I'll call you right after the show."
"Will you be home?"
That says it all...
Faked, though.
I love Jeannette and Nelson Eddy, they are sp beautiful together, they really lived each other. A shame they couldn't be together, married
I love their voices, li m e angels. Beautifu
What a magnificent voice Nelson Eddy had
She was an absolute doll. Not the prima donna some thought she was. She and Nelson still loved each other as sweethearts but respected their separate marriages.
Victor TalkingMachine Yes, indeed! She was the real deal and they were sweethearts and lovers in very difficult marital situations they couldn’t seem to get out from under - they tried.
Not quite a prima donna. But she was called The Iron Butterfly - the only one who said no to Maurice Chevalier.
I was named after Jeanette MacDonald except my last name is McDonald lol. My dad promised his grandmother to name a daughter after her. This is the first time I’ve seen a video of her. She seemed like a lovely woman.❤
That is a lovely story. Jeanette was an incredibly beautiful and talented woman and by all accounts a wonderful human being. You’re very lucky to bear her name.
@@AngelaM55 thank you! 💖
Thanks, wonderful quality
WAS IT JUST ME OR DID SHE NOT ACT SURPRISED.????..SHE SPILLED THE BEANS WHEN SHE SAID SHE SAW NELSON EDDY'S CAR WHEN SHE ARRIVED....IT HAS BEEN KNOWN IN HOLLYWOOD FOR YEARS THAT NELSON AND JEANETTE HAD BEEN LOVERS AND HER MARRIAGE TO GENE RAYMOND WAS A SHAM...HE WAS GAY ...BUT THAT WAS HOLLYWOOD AND STILL IS...
I believe she had an inkling that something was amiss because of the car but her chest was heaving like she just ran a marathon in anticipation of Nelson’s entrance. The whole thing was fraught with emotion. Poor Jeanette!
There is no doubt that Jeanette and Nelson were in love
She should have married Nelson!!!
@@LazlosPlane gene was gay not nelson
humming bird I believe she eventually came to that same conclusion.
I'm from Darby, upper Darby is part. How funny, also Philadelphia, lerros candy , broad st, factory in Darby near my home..wow! Love her no one like that beauty & voice, maytime my favorite... sweetheart ❣❣❣❣
So glad you enjoyed it!
THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD. ...
This is so great to see - a better print than I've ever seen of this particular "This is Your Life" episode. Nelson and Jeanette were the very best at what they did - I still enjoy seeing their films as TCM runs them often. Just wondering, and maybe some of the ladies out here can help me out: HOW EXACTLY did one remove that seemingly indestructible Hazel Bishop lipstick? With paint thinner?
The wrist watch Jeanette was given was gold filled and she gave it to Emily West,
FriendlyFire 😂 Love you Jennette. ❤😅😅 Love you...
Gene Raymond, her actor husband, was the fellow on the phone
I wonder if this was before or after Nelson Eddie kicked Gene's ass for making Jeanettes life hell....
After.
Gene hit her I've read
I wished Nelson Eddy would've sang, "Sweetheart, Will You Remember Me," to Jeanette. :-)
I've seen their 8 movies, listened to their singing on UA-cam; several times.
Read the book "Sweethearts" by Sharon Rich.
Found the stories interesting and enjoying; which had me watching some of the movies again and again.
Sad to hear about their struggles staying in the relationship, long term.
I hope you don't mind, I added a link from my video to this one, in my description, for those who have watched the video on my channel, but would like to see the full show.
Great idea, thanks!
I watch this over and over, especially when I read somewhere that...for example, she credits her performance in Maytime to "being deeply in love for the first time" during the filming, and someone equates that to her subsequent marraige to Gene "just after filming"...wrong, wrong , wrong!
Victoria Hazel That quote about Maytime was from a magazine article crafted by studio publicity hacks - phony as a 3-dollar bill.
@@AngelaM55 thank you!!
Agreed! We all know who she really had fallen deeply in love with for the first time - Nelson Eddy. ❤❤❤
What a video! I watch it over and over like the Lux video. I with the camera didnt move so soon before the lipstick commercial....I saw some activity at the side of the frame...Nelson said something and leaned down toward Jeanette I assume.
What can I say who are we to say just what love can do love can last a year a whole day through heatherxxx
"And after 25, who doesn't!?" 🤣
what true love looked like
This is awesome! :) Thank you for sharing it with us. I really wish the camera hadn't zoomed in at 26:00 because it looked like Jeanette was sarcastically scolding Blossom or Nelson....and then Nelson leaned in all "Gotcha hahaha" !!!
DreamlandExpress2007 That was exactly what I believe she was doing. It was Blossom who conspired to get Nelson there. She and Nelson had been estranged for about 2 years at this time. We hear Nelson's response to her scolding but we can't see their faces which I agree is very frustrating!
DreamlandExpress200intestine7
I was wondering the same, it would have been fun to see that aftermath!
She’s so beautiful and healthy here - love her beautiful gown and jewelry. I wish she had been able to spend her life with Nelson. All of this beauty, talent, and grace, wasted a gay man who could not fully give himself to her.
Nelson was a big man!
Sisters Marie Blake and Jeanette MacDonald had similar figures, but their faces were markedly different. the Gabor sisters had similar figures and faces .
I want complexion Glow!!
Upsetting to watch because I know from all that I have read that they never stopped loving one another even though they
were married to other people.
They were both under contract
to different studios and they weren't allowed to marry due to this. So sad. So as I watch this,
I can sense how uncomfortable
Jeanette was.. the best acting job that she probably had done in her
life. My heart went out to Nelson Eddy, too. He adored her until the day that she died and after, also as he had admitted in an interview. I also find it rather interesting that she was wearing a necklace that I believe, Nelson Eddy had given to her. How hard it must have been for them both to pull off this charade. It was so phoney. I believe that I'm correct in my observations. If not, someone please come forward to correct me. My heart just ached
as I watched this.
Thank you for your insightful comments. Regarding her jewelry and this necklace in particular, while I’m not sure where Jeanette got this piece, I don’t believe Nelson gifted it to her - it’s not his taste. Sometime in the 1940’s he gifted her with a perfectly matched strand of opera length pearls which she wore frequently - you see it in one of the color magazine adverts she did during that time. Gene gave her a clump like necklace for their 20th anniversary in 1957 - those clumps typically use inferior mismatched pearls which Nelson would never have selected. She did wear Gene’s necklace often after that. Nelson did gift her with many lovely pieces of jewelry including a emerald ring, however, she also purchased jewelry as a “gift to myself”. When she was “engaged” to Bob Richee she bought a diamond ring that she wore on her engagement finger, everyone assume Richee had given it to her but that was not true. Jeanette loved jewelry, she didn’t necessarily care if it was costume or real. But Nelson’s taste was far more fastidious. I hope that helps.
Nelson gifted that diamond cluster necklace to Jeanette. They were not speaking at this time but Blossom told her that she was going on this show. She knew she was going to see Nelson. She was very nervous. It was like 2 years they hadn't spoke. She felt unattractive and old walked off a set after watching the playback and never called him back or answered him I think she was depressed they couldn't live their normal lives it took a toll on her and them.
Wonderful. Except for the Hazel Bishop commercials.
I wanna try that no smear lipstick!
Time has made the sponsors' messages on early TV shows period pieces of considerable historic interest. They have lost their ability to irritate. Besides, the price viewers paid for free commercial programing IMO was much cheaper than the barrage of unrelated and disruptive spot ads which became the financial model as the industry migrated from New York to Hollywood.
Sponsors felt a responsibility for shows with their names on them. They often tailored them to the tastes of the more elite segments of what was still, in the early Fifties, a minority of Americans which could afford a set. Many YT commenters compare today's tube unfavorably with the sophisticated air of early broadcasts. Technique has progressed, not editorial standards.
Please don’t tell me he actually started out with the death of her mother, Jeanette’s inspiration. Did you see her face!
Yes I did - it was so telling. She was virtually as transparent as a glass of water here. Did you hear her snarky comment to Blossom when she heard her other sister, Elsie was there? “Oh, is SHE here too?” Ahahahaha
@@AngelaM55 Transparent as a glass of water - too funny. She’s like me and just can’t hide how she feels, lol.
Anyone know the year this was broadcast?
Mary Hyland November 12, 1952
Angela Messino thank you!
Как Нельсон взял Джанетт за руку так и не отпускает а когда Джин вцепился двумя руками в руку Нельсона он пытается ее вырвать и это так бросается в глаза.
It seems like a concerted effort was made to re-affirm Jeanette and Gene’s marriage, almost to a suspicious degree. The story goes that Nelson and Jeanette fell in love on the set of Rose-Marie and wanted to marry, but that L.B. Mayer forbade it, threatening the two stars with the loss of their MGM contracts. Jeanette was Mayer’s pet; he did permit her to marry, as long as it wasn’t to Nelson Eddy, and a marriage to Gene Raymond was arranged. Allegedly, Raymond was same-sex attracted and sterile, and Jeanette had four pregnancies with Eddy that she was unable to carry to term. See how quickly she sits down after greeting each surprise guest…that’s a means of energy conservation in people with poor heart function.
Anita Louise is obviously reading a script
She wanted to asked her hubby if he is alone or...with another man.
@@melianna999 🎯🎯😂😂😂
To me, she comes off as very superficial, or artificial. LIke I don't believe one word she says.
Try to live with gay - man and cover up this fact all your married life.