The Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

This is the one book every fan of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald must have. Unfortunately most of Nelson and Jeanette's films aren't on DVD and they can be very difficult to find. With this book you can learn about every single one of the movies they made together and separately. Each film is covered in great detail from the plot to the songs to the behind-the-scenes stories. The photos in this book are stunning - many are full page and many I had never seen before. I don't think anyone who loves America's Singing Sweethearts will be disappointed with this book :-)

This book contains a lot of factual errors about the films, and it is not particularly insightful about anything in particular. Its biographical and pictorial coverage is more complete on Jeanette's behalf than Nelson's. Then again, Jeanette did have the longer film career and a fortuitous association with the celebrated Lubitsch. All in all, for the price, it's a respectable buy. I bought it in hardcover for the pictures (some are beautiful, some seem strange choices).