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Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (''The Love Parade'', ''Love Me Tonight'', ''The Merry Widow (1934 film), The Merry Widow'' and ''One Hour With You'') and Nelson Eddy (''Naughty Marietta (film), Naughty Marietta'', ''Rose Marie (1936 film), Rose-Marie'', and ''Maytime (1937 film), Maytime''). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Academy Awards, Oscars (''The Love Parade'', ''One Hour with You'', ''Naughty Marietta (film), Naughty Marietta'' and ''San Francisco (1936 film), San Francisco''), and recorded extensively, earning three Music recording sales certification, gold records. She later appeared in opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to film-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1934 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 The Merry Widow, operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. A French-language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as ''La veuve joyeuse''. Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart. Plot In 1885, in the kingdom of Marshovia, Count Danilo, the captain of the royal guard, spots the widowed Madame Sonia during a military parade. One night, Danilo hands Sonia a self-written letter expressing his romantic affection, but she declines. Per tradition with Marshovan customs, Sonia wears a face veil, and after a year, she decides to move to Paris. Alarmed by the news, King Achmed schemes to have a suitor return Sonia, as her wealth controls the kingdom's economy. Achmed proposes potential suitors to his wife, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Favorites In Hi-Fi
''Favorites in Stereo'' is a studio album by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The album was recorded in stereo and released by RCA Victor in 1959. For its monaural release the title was changed to ''Favorites in Hi-Fi''. The album peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 27, 1966. Background Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald were a popular romantic screen team in a series of eight motion pictures produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1935 and 1942. The two reunited on a 1957 broadcast of the CBS Television series '' The Big Record'' starring Patti Page. Their performance of the " Italian Street Song" from their first film together, '' Naughty Marietta'' (1935) created a renewed interest for the team. As a result, RCA brought them together to record ''Favorites in Stereo''. During its making, MacDonald feared that the changing music tastes of the public would cause the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Recording Sales Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ..., platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco (1936 Film)
''San Francisco'' is a 1936 American musical film, musical-Drama (film and television), drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, ''Rose Marie (1936 film), Rose Marie''. Plot On New Year's Eve, 1905, saloon keeper "Blackie" Norton hires Mary Blake to sing in his bar, the ''Paradise Club'' on Pacific Street in the notorious Barbary Coast, San Francisco, California, Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Mary becomes a star attraction at the ''Paradise'', especially for her signature tune, Theme from San Francisco, "San Francisco". Blackie's friend Mat predicts that Mary will not stay long on the "Coast". Blackie decides to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at the behest of his childhood friend Father Tim Mullen, who believes Blackie can use the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The 2nd Academy Awards, second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 25th Academy Awards, 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maytime (1937 Film)
Maytime may refer to: *Maytime (musical), ''Maytime'' (musical), a 1917 Broadway production *Maytime (1923 film), ''Maytime'' (1923 film), starring Ethel Shannon, based on the musical *Maytime (1926 film), ''Maytime'' (1926 film), a 1926 German silent romance film *Maytime (1937 film), ''Maytime'' (1937 film), a 1937 MGM musical romance, remake of the 1923 movie *List of Empire ships - M#Empire Maytime, Empire ''Maytime'', one of a series of Empire ships employed by the British government *"Meienzît" ("May Time"), song by 13th-century German minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie (1936 Film)
''Rose Marie'' is a 1936 American musical Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Reginald Owen. It is the second of three Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptations of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are included in both the 1936 and 1954 films. Although the stage version's original plot was changed and most of its songs were omitted, the 1936 film was a great success and became perhaps MacDonald's and Eddy's best-known film. Their duet " Indian Love Call" was a major hit and remained a signature song throughout their careers.Bloom, Ken and Vlastnik, Frank. ''Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time.'' Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2004. Plot Marie de Flor is a Canadian soprano performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty Marietta (film)
''Naughty Marietta'' is a 1935 American romantic musical film based on the 1910 operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert. Jeanette MacDonald stars as a princess who flees an arranged marriage. She sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy). Five of Herbert's most famous songs come from the score of ''Naughty Marietta'', with words by lyricist Rida Johnson Young: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "Italian Street Song", "Neath the Southern Moon", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Along the Highway)". Additional lyrics for several of Herbert's songs were penned for the film by Gus Kahn. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young. Plot To avoid an arranged marriage to Don Carlos, an elderly Spanish duke, Princess Marie masquerades as her uncle's former servant, Marietta, and escapes from France on a ship with casquette girls who are traveling to New O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Tonight
''Love Me Tonight'' is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart. It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who poses as a nobleman and Jeanette MacDonald as a princess with whom he falls in love. It also stars Charles Ruggles as a penniless nobleman, along with Charles Butterworth and Myrna Loy as members of his family. The film is an adaptation by Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion Jr. and Waldemar Young of the play ''Le Tailleur au château'' ("The tailor at the castle") by Paul Armont and Léopold Marchand. Plot The story describes an encounter between a Parisian tailor named Maurice Courtelin (Chevalier) and a family of local aristocrats. These include Vicomte Gilbert de Varèze (Ruggles), who owes Maurice a large amount of money for tailoring work; Gilbert's uncle the Duc d'Artelines ( C. Aubrey Smith), the family patriarch; d'Artelines' man-hungry niece Valentine (Loy); and his other 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
