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Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs.
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 ...
Eddy and MacDonald from the trailer for Sweethearts (1938) Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965) and Nelson Eddy (1901–1967) were a popular screen couple in the 1930s and '40s, specializing in musicals. [1] They starred in eight films together, all for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Eddy was an opera singer before he became a film star, while MacDonald ...
Maytime is a 1937 American musical and romantic-drama film produced by MGM.It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.The screenplay was rewritten from the book for Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operetta Maytime by Rida Johnson Young, Romberg's librettist; however, only one musical number by Romberg was retained.
The movie begins with a fragment from Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond (Martha, or The Market at Richmond) written by composer Friedrich von Flotow. Soundtrack credits. Lullaby of the Bells (uncredited), written by Edward Ward; lyrics by George Waggner; sung by Susanna Foster and Nelson Eddy.
New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.. It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928.
Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name. [1] Produced by Lawrence Weingarten and directed by Reinhold Schunzel, it starred Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey.
Sweethearts is a 1938 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.The screenplay, by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, uses the “play within a play” device: a Broadway production of the 1913 Victor Herbert operetta is the setting for another pair of sweethearts, the stars of the show.