Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
Mac/Eddy Today

# 1: The Early Years, their lives and careers pre-MGM.

# 2: NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935), the details behind the filming of their first film together.

# 3: ROSE MARIE (1936); their engagement and break-up.

# 4: Nelson's 1936 concert tour, Jeanette in SAN FRANCISCO, her "feud" with Clark Gable.

# 5: The first Technicolor MAYTIME (1936); starring Jeanette, Nelson, Frank Morgan and Paul Lukas.

# 6: The second MAYTIME (1937), starring Jeanette, Nelson, and John Barrymore, part 1.

# 7: The second MAYTIME, part 2.

# 8 & #9 (double issue): THE FIREFLY (Jeanette, Allan Jones, 1937), ROSALIE (Nelson, Eleanor Powell, 1937); Jeanette's marriage; GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (1938) (Must be purchased as 2 copies)

#10: SWEETHEARTS (1938), part 1; Jeanette's pregnancy by Nelson.

#11: SWEETHEARTS, part 2; Jeanette's miscarriage and break-up with Nelson.

#12: LET FREEDOM RING (Nelson, Virginia Bruce, 1939); BROADWAY SERENADE (Jeanette, Lew Ayres, 1939); the truth about Nelson's marriage.

#13: BALALAIKA (Nelson, Ilona Massey, 1939), Miliza Korjus interview, Jeanette's reaction to Nelson's marriage.

#14: NEW MOON (1940), part 1; the original film directed by Woody Van Dyke, co-starring Buster Keaton.

#15: NEW MOON, part 2; Robert Z. Leonard takes over as director and changes cast and script.

#16: BITTERSWEET (1940), and why Noel Coward "disowned" the film.

#17: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER (Nelson, Rise Stevens, 1941); SMILIN' THROUGH (Jeanette, Gene Raymond, 1941).

#18: I MARRIED AN ANGEL (1942), part 1; the scenes that were cut from the final print.

#19: I MARRIED AN ANGEL, part 2.

#20: I MARRIED AN ANGEL, part 3, and the real reason the team left MGM.

#21: Pictorial tribute to Woody Van Dyke, their director and friend who died in 1943.

#22: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Nelson, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, 1943); FOLLOW THE BOYS (Jeanette, 1944); and part 1 of the Susanna Foster interview.

#23: KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY (Nelson, C. Dowling, Shelley Winters, 1944); Jeanette's opera career; Susanna Foster interview, part 2.

#24: The War Years, part 1; Jeanette's breakdown, Frank Laric interview, part 1.

#25: The War Years, part 2; Frank Laric interview, part 2.

#26: NORTHWEST OUTPOST (Nelson, Ilona Massey, 1947); Jeanette's career indecision.

#27: Their professional post-war slump;

THREE DARING DAUGHTERS (Jeanette, Jose Iturbi, Jane Powell, 1948).

#28: THE SUN COMES UP (Jeanette, Lassie, 1948); Jeanette's heart attack; with Nelson on Kraft Music Hall.

#29: The late 40s; their private and professional break-up.

#30: The aftermath of the break-up; I MARRIED AN ANGEL revisited.

#31: Nelson's pre-film operatic career including reviews and interviews; SAN FRANCISCO and complete newspaper coverage of the 1984 battle to change that city's official song.

#32: Nelson and Jeanette candid photo feature; interview with Betty Jaynes (SWEETHEARTS co-star).

#33: Starting new careers in 1950; interview with Lawrence Tibbett, Jr.

#34: The complete story behind MGM's first Technicolor film, the "lost" MAYTIME, and why it was only 3/4 completed. Includes rare wardrobe shots, with Nelson aging from a teen through old age; Jeanette's pregnancies.

#35: On the set "candid" shots detailing the filming of the "lost" MAYTIME.

#36: Scenes from the first MAYTIME, with plot and scene shots, including the second act of "Tosca" with Jeanette as Tosca and Nelson as Scarpia; also an interview with Rise Stevens.

#37: The early '50s; their careers and personal crises; interview with Herbert Gahagan, set designer on THE GUARDSMAN (Jeanette, Gene Raymond, 1950); LET'S GO NATIVE (Jeanette, Jack Oakie, Kay Francis, 1930).

#38: The inside story behind the 1952 "This is Your Life;" photo features: NAUGHTY MARIETTA and THE LOTTERY BRIDE (Jeanette, 1930).

#39: The '50s, a sample of Nelson's paintings, photo feature:OH, FOR A MAN (Jeanette, Reginald Denny, Bela Lugosi, 1930).

#40: Jeanette and Nelson's spiritual beliefs, including an article by Nelson; interview with psychic Phyllis Woodbury, who consulted with Jeanette shortly before Jeanette's death; photo feature on PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (Jeanette, 1930).

#41: The television years; the death of Nelson's mother, Isabel Eddy, including her hand-written will; interview with opera great Rose Bampton; photo feature on DON'T BET ON WOMEN (Jeanette, Edmund Lowe, 1930).

#42: The 1960s; ROSE MARIE revisited; celebrity interview with Miles Krueger, J/N Diaries, part 1.

#43: The 1960s, part 2 of J/N Diaries; celebrity interview with a protege of Nelson's.

#44: Jeanette's final days and death; excerpts from her will; pictorial tribute, Nelson interview.

#45: Nelson's final days and death, excerpts from his will; pictorial tribute, ANNABELLE'S AFFAIRS (Jeanette, 1931).

#46: The Real MacDonald/Eddy Feud and the crisis of 1945; book reviews, photo feature on NAUGHTY MARIETTA, celebrity interview with Al Caiazza (the boy in PRIMA DONNA with Jeanette).

#47: Why they never had children together. Club news around the world; photo feature on ROSE MARIE.

#48: The story of Jon Eddy, Nelson's illegitimate son, photo feature: LOVE ME TONIGHT (Jeanette, M. Chevalier, 1932).

#49: Questions & Answers: Jeanette's true birthdate, the truth about their marriages; photo feature on ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Jeanette, Maurice Chevalier, 1932).

#50: "All Stars Don't Spangle," a movie treatment by Nelson for himself and Jeanette; CAT & THE FIDDLE (Jeanette, Ramon Novarro, 1933).

#51: Outtakes from "Sweethearts" (the book); Jeanette: Hats; article by Lippe's voice student, Nelson's scrapbooks.

#52: NAUGHTY MARIETTA, 60th birthday tribute; Jeanette's will; Jeanette and Nelson: Saints or Sinners?

#53: Nelson and Lina Basquette: the real story; Review of recent Jeanette CDs; Nelson's will.

#54: Photo features on THE FIREFLY and KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY; a TV script by Nelson; interview with Susan Nelson (Jeanette's nurse at UCLA Medical Center), part one.

#55: Photo feature on GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, Susan Nelson interview, part two; the mystery of Jeanette's Special Recordings" for Nelson, more Nelson scrapbooks.

#56: "Czaritza" translation, photo features on ROSALIE and BROADWAY SERENADE; interview with Peggy Seo (of Jeanette's KING & I, 1956).

#57: Article on their mothers, Anna MacDonald's will; photo features on LET FREEDOM RING and SAN FRANCISCO.

#58: Insider write-ups about the incidents during Jeanette and Nelson's concert days; photo features on NORTHWEST OUTPOSTand SMILIN' THROUGH including a photo of Nelson on the set with Jeanette.

#59: The mystery of Jeanette's unpublished autobiography, includes xeroxed pages with Jeanette's corrections and notations on the manuscript; more of Nelson's scrapbooks with photos, clippings.

#60: Special tribute to Lake Tahoe where ROSE MARIE was filmed including photo feature from the film and locations as they look today, interviews with those who remember the filming, etc.

#61: Pictorial tribute to MAYTIME's 60th anniversary, also ROSALIE and THE FIREFLY. Plus an article on the significance of 1937 in their lives. Also, more Nelson scrapbooks.

#62: Celebrity interview with K.T. Ernshaw, author of “To Love Again,” and Nelson’s long-term girlfriend. Also, the Gene Raymond legacy, a write-up of nelson’s 1949 St Louis/Urbana Tour Diary, part one.

#63: Reviews, articles and new information re: books such as “Hollywood Diva,” updated “Sweethearts,” “The Opera Years,” “Irving Stone Letters,” etc. Author K.T. Ernshaw answer readers’ questions.