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Nelson Ackerman Eddy (born June 29, 1901; died March 6, 1967) was an American 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. Although he was a classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... A cropped image from the book cover of Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years, deemed fair use. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A musical film belongs to a film genre that features songs, sung by the actors, interwoven into the narrative. ... Face The 1930s (years from 1930â€“1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Baritone (French: ; German: ; Italian: ) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 â€“ January 14, 1965) was a singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, and Maytime). ...

During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold Records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... An inauguration is a ceremony of formal investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power. ... Most of this article is about heads of state. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

Family Background

Nelson Ackerman Eddy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the only child of William Darius Eddy and Isabel Kendrick Eddy. His father was a machinist and toolmaker whose work required him to move from town to town. Nelson grew up in Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a boy, he was a redhead and quickly acquired the nickname "Bricktop." As an adult, his red hair was streaked with silver, so that his hair photographed as blond. Nickname: Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area - City 20. ... Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. ... New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, located about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of Boston, 31 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of Fall River. ...

Nelson came from a musical family. His Atlanta-born mother was a church soloist, and his grandmother, Caroline Ackerman Kendrick, was a distinguished oratorio singer. His ancestry on his mother’s side of the family was Russian Jewish^[1], while he was pure New England English on his father’s side. His father, William Darius Eddy, occasionally moonlighted as a stagehand at the Providence Opera House, sang in the church choir, played the drums, and performed in local productions like H.M.S. Pinafore. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ... An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... The vast territories of the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest Jewish population in the world. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ...

Eddy's parents divorced when he was fourteen. Eddy moved with his mother to Philadelphia, where her brother, Clark Kendrick, lived. His uncle helped Eddy secure a clerical job at the Mott Iron Works, a plumbing supply company. He later worked as a reporter with the Philadelphia Press, the Evening Public Ledger and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. He also worked briefly as a copywriter at N.W. Ayer Advertising, but was dismissed for constantly singing on the job. Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ... The Philadelphia Press (The Press) was published from August 1, 1857 to October 1, 1920. ... A copywriter is a person who writes text, or copy, for clients. ...

Early singing background

Throughout his teens, Eddy studied voice and imitated the recordings of baritones like Titta Ruffo, Scotti, Amato, Campanari, and Werrenrath. He gave recitals for women's groups and appeared in society theatricals, usually for little or no pay. Titta Ruffo, Italian opera singer (Pisa, June 9, 1877 - Florence, July 5, 1953), was generally regarded as the greatest baritone of his generation. ... The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is of the Gaelic (Goidelic) family, a division of Insular Celtic languages. ... Country Italy Region Calabria Province Catanzaro (CZ) Mayor {{{mayor}}} Elevation 480 m Area 20. ...

His first professional break came in 1922 when he was singled out by the press after an appearance in a society theatrical, The Marriage Tax, although his name had been omitted from the program. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

In 1924, Eddy won the top prize in a competition that included a chance to appear with the Philadelphia Opera Society. Alexander Smallens, musical director of the Philadelphia Civic Opera and later assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, became interested in Eddy's career and coached him. (In a 1936 career profile of Eddy put out by Arthur Judson Concert Management, Smallens is credited with Nelson's "operatic success.") The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... Arthur Judson (Arthur Leon Judson) was an artists manager who also managed the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. ...

By the late 1920s, Eddy was appearing with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company and had a repertoire of 28 operas, including Amonasro in Aida, Marcello in La Bohême, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, both Tonio and Silvio in I Pagliacci, and Wolfram in Tannhäuser. (William von Wymetal was the group's producer at this time, in association with Fritz Reiner who later directed the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.) Eddy also performed in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas with The Savoy Company at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia. AIDA is an acronym used in marketing that describes a common list of events that are very often undergone when a person is selling a product or service: A - Attention (Awareness): attract the attention of the customer. ... Die ZauberflÃ¶te, K. 620, (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... Pagliacci (The Clowns) is an opera in two acts and a prologue by Ruggiero Leoncavallo. ... In the Venusberg by John Collier, 1901: a gilded setting that is distinctly Italian quattrocento. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Playwright/lyricist William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900) defined operetta in Victorian England with a series of their internationally successful and timeless works. ... Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... Founded in 1901, The Savoy Company is the oldest amateur theater company in the world dedicated solely to the production of the 13 surviving operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. ...

Eddy studied briefly with the noted teacher David Scull Bispham, a former Metropolitan Opera singer, but when Bispham died suddenly, Eddy became a student of William Vilonat. In 1927, Eddy borrowed some money and followed his teacher to Dresden for European study, which was then considered essential for serious American singers. He was offered a job with a small German opera company. Instead, he decided to return to America, where he concentrated on his concert career, making only occasional opera appearances during the next seven years. In 1928, his first concert accompanist was a young pianist named Theodore (Ted) Paxson, who became a close friend and remained his accompanist until Eddy’s death 39 years later. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist JÃ³zef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... Dresden (Sorbian: DrjeÅ¾dÅºany; etymologically from Old Sorbian DreÅ¾Äany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

In the early 1930s, Eddy’s principal teacher was Edouard Lippé who followed him to Hollywood and appeared in a small role in Eddy’s 1935 film Naughty Marietta. In his later years, Eddy frequently changed teachers, constantly trying new vocal techniques. He also had a home recording studio where he studied his own performances. It was his fascination with technology that inspired him to record three-part harmonies (soprano, tenor, baritone) for his role as a multiple-voiced singing whale in the animated Walt Disney feature, "The Whale that Sang at the Met," the concluding sequence in the 1946 feature film Make Mine Music. Naughty Marietta is a musical comedy, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert, which opened on Broadway on November 7, 1910: one of its best-known songs is Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or examples of poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ...

With the Philadelphia Civic Opera, Eddy sang in the only American performance of Feuersnot by Richard Strauss (12/1/27) and in the first American performance of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos (11/1/28) with Helen Jepson. In Ariadne, Eddy sang the roles of the Wigmaker and Harlekin in the original German. He performed under Leopold Stokowski as the Drum Major in the second American performance of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck on 11/24/31. Feuersnot (The Need for Fire or Fire Famine) is a Singgedicht (sung poem) or opera in one act by Richard Strauss. ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. ... Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. ... A high school drum major uses hand gestures to lead his band. ... Portrait of Alban Berg by Arnold Schoenberg, c. ... Wozzeck is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935). ...

At Carnegie Hall in New York, Christmas 1931, he sang in the world premiere of Maria Igiziaca (Mary in Egypt), unexpectedly conducted by the composer Ottorino Respighi himself when famed conductor Arturo Toscanini fell ill at the last minute. Years later, when Toscanini visited the MGM lot in California, Eddy greeted him by singing a few bars of Maria Igiziaca. Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... NY redirects here. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 - Rome, April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist, pianist, violist and violinist. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 â€“ January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...

Eddy continued in occasional opera roles until his film work made it difficult to schedule appearances the requisite year or two in advance. Among his final opera performances were three with the San Francisco Opera in 1934, when he was still “unknown.” Marjory M. Fisher of the San Francisco News wrote of his 12/8/34 performance of Wolfram in Tannhäuser, “Nelson Eddy made a tremendously fine impression....he left no doubt in the minds of discerning auditors that he belongs in that fine group of baritones which includes Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Bonelli, and John Charles Thomas and which represents America’s outstanding contribution to the contemporary opera stage.”^{[citation needed]} He also sang Amonasro in Aida on 11/11/34 to similar acclaim. Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, and Ezio Pinza were in the cast. However, opera quietly faded from Eddy’s schedule as films and highly lucrative concerts claimed more and more of his time. San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elisabeth Rethberg in the title role of Verdis Aida The German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (22 September 1894 â€“ 6 June 1976) was a famous opera singer active from the early 1920s to the mid 1940s. ... Giovanni Martinelli (born Montagnana 22 October 1885 - died New York, 2 February 1969) was an Italian tenor opera singer. ... Ezio Pinza The Italian bass Ezio Pinza (18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957) was one of the outstanding opera singers of the first half of the 20th century. ...

When he resumed his concert career following on from his screen success, he made a point of delivering a traditional concert repertoire, performing his hit screen songs only as encores. He felt strongly that audiences needed to be exposed to all kinds of music.

Hollywood

In 1933, Eddy was "discovered" by Hollywood when he substituted at the last minute for the noted diva, Lotte Lehmann, at a sold-out concert in Los Angeles on February 28. He scored a professional triumph with 18 curtain calls and several film offers immediately followed. After much agonizing, he decided that being seen on screen might boost audiences for what he considered his “real work,” his concerts. (Also, like his machinist father, he was fascinated with gadgets and the mechanics of the new talking pictures.) Eddy was right about the power of films: his concert fee soon rose from $500 to $10,000 per performance. Lotte Lehmann The German soprano Lotte Lehmann (February 27, 1888 â€“ August 26, 1976) was an opera singer who was especially associated with German repertory. ...

Eddy signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he would make the first 14 of his 19 feature films. His contract guaranteed him three months off each year to continue his concert tours. MGM was not sure how to use him, and he spent more than a year on salary with little to do. His voice can be heard singing "Daisy Belle" on the soundtrack of the 1933 Pete Smith short, Handlebars. He appeared and sang one song each in Broadway to Hollywood and Dancing Lady, both 1933, and Student Tour, 1934. Audience response was favorable, and he was cast as the male lead opposite the established star Jeanette MacDonald in a film version of Victor Herbert’s 1910 operetta Naughty Marietta. For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Pete Smith is an Australian radio and television voice-over artist. ... Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 â€“ January 14, 1965) was a singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, and Maytime). ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859â€“May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ...

Naughty Marietta was the surprise hit of 1935. Its key song, “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,” became a hit and earned Eddy his first Gold Record. He also sang “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” and “I’m Falling in Love with Someone.” The film was nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture, received the Photoplay Gold Medal Award as Best Picture, and was voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1935 by the New York film critics. Critics singled out Eddy for praise: 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Edna Purviance on the cover of Photoplay magazine Photoplay was one of the first film fan magazines. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ...

Eddy appeared in seven more MGM films with Jeanette MacDonald: This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Rose Marie, 1936, is probably his most-remembered film. Eddy sang “Song of the Mounties” and “Indian Love Call” by Rudolf Friml. His definitive portrayal of the steadfast Mountie became a popular icon, frequently spoofed in cartoons and TV skits, and even generating travesties on stage (Little Mary Sunshine, 1959) and film (Dudley Do-Right, 1999). When the Mounties retired their classic red jackets and hat in 1970, hundreds of newspapers accompanied the story with a photo of Nelson Eddy as Sgt. Bruce in Rose Marie, made 34 years earlier. Rudolf Friml (December 7, 1879 - November 12, 1972) was a composer of operettas, musicals, songs, as well as a pianist. ...

Maytime, 1937, is regarded as one of Eddy’s best films. “Will You Remember” by Sigmund Romberg brought Eddy another Gold Record. The New York Times thought Maytime “the most entrancing operetta the screen has given us….it affirms Nelson Eddy's preeminence among the baritones of filmdom.”^{[citation needed]} Maytime is a 1937 musical romance, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. ... Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 â€“ November 9, 1951) was an American composer best known for his operettas. ...

The Girl of the Golden West, 1938, had an original score by Sigmund Romberg and reused the David Belasco stage plot also employed by opera composer Giacomo Puccini for La Fanciulla del West. ...

Sweethearts, 1938, was MGM’s first 3-strip Technicolor feature, incorporating Victor Herbert’s 1913 stage score into a modern script by Dorothy Parker. A delightful comedy, it won the Photoplay Gold Medal Award as Best Picture of the Year. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sweethearts may be: Sweethearts, a theatrical production Sweethearts, a heart shaped candy This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sweethearts may be: Sweethearts, a theatrical production Sweethearts, a heart shaped candy This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859â€“May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 â€“ June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ...

New Moon, 1940. Sigmund Romberg’s 1927 Broadway hit became one of Eddy’s most popular films. His key songs were “Lover Come Back to Me,” “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise,” “Wanting You,” and another rousing march, “Stout Hearted Men,” often associated with him. The New Moon is the name of film versions of the operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. ...

Bitter Sweet, 1940, was a Technicolor film version of Noël Coward’s 1929 stage operetta. The love theme was “I’ll See You Again.” Eddy played a Viennese singing teacher who elopes with his pretty English pupil and takes her to live in Vienna. NoÃ«l Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (spelling his forename NoÃ«l with the diaeresis was an affectation of later life, and Peirce is the correct spelling) (December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ...

I Married an Angel, 1942, adapted from the Rodgers & Hart stage musical about an angel who loses her wings on her wedding night, suffered from censorship problems. Eddy sang “Spring Is Here” and the title song. I Married An Angel is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ... Rodgers and Hart (1936) Rodgers and Hart was the songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ...

Rosalie, 1937, with Eleanor Powell, offered a score by Cole Porter. In his first solo-starring film, the script called for Eddy to portray a football playing West Point pilot who pursues a princess-in-disguise to Europe. Eddy recorded the title song. Eleanor Powell, left, in Broadway Melody of 1938. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 â€“ October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ...

Let Freedom Ring, 1937, with Virginia Bruce, was a western. Nelson got to beat up rugged Oscar winner Victor McLaglen and preserve freedom and the American Way from bad guys, a popular theme just before World War II. Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910–February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. ... Victor Andrew de Bier McLaglen (December 10, 1886[1] - November 7, 1959) was a British-born boxer and Academy Award winning actor, who later became a naturalized American. ...

Balalaika, 1939, with Ilona Massey, based on the 1936 English operetta by George Posford and Bernard Grün. Eddy is a prince in disguise, in love with a commoner during the Russian Revolution. The title song became one of his standards. Balalaika The balalaika (Russian: Ð±Ð°Ð»Ð°Ð»Ð°ÌÐ¹ÐºÐ°; IPA ) is a stringed instrument of Russian origin, with a characteristic triangular body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in pairs). ... Ilona Massey (July 5, 1912 - August 12, 1974) was a film, stage and radio performer. ...

The Chocolate Soldier, 1941, with Metropolitan Opera star Risë Stevens, was a stylish musical adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s The Guardsman. He played a dual role and turned in one of his best performances. Rise Stevens was the leading mezzo-soprano at New Yorks Metropolitan Opera for two decades Rise Stevens (born 1913, New York City) (first name properly spelled RisÃ« and pronounced REE-sah) was an American mezzo-soprano who captured a wide popular audience at the height of her career (1940... Ferenc MolnÃ¡r (b. ...

Phantom of the Opera, 1943, was Eddy’s first film after he left MGM at the end of his 7-year contract. This lavish Technicolor musical also starred Claude Rains as the Phantom and Susanna Foster as Christine. The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Claude Rains (November 10, 1889 â€“ May 30, 1967) was a British, and later American, theatre and film actor, best known for his many roles in Hollywood films. ...

Knickerbocker Holiday, 1944, was based on the popular stage musical by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson. It costarred Charles Coburn (singing the classic “September Song”) and Constance Dowling. Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 â€“ April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German and in his later years, a German-American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 â€“ 28 February 1959), better known as Maxwell Anderson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard... Charles Douville Coburn (June 17, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theater actor. ... Constance Dowling (July 21, 1920 - October 28, 1969) was a film actress of the 1940s. ...

Make Mine Music, 1946, was a Walt Disney animated feature compilation. Eddy provided all the singing and speaking voices for the touching final segment, “The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met,” later released as a short, Willie, the Operatic Whale, by RKO in 1954. Using a technique based on his technical experiments with his home recording equipment, Eddy was able to sing sextets with himself on the soundtrack, providing all the voices from bass to soprano.

Northwest Outpost, 1947, costarred Ilona Massey. Rudolf Friml provided the songs for a story of Fort Ross, a Russian settlement in the wild west of California. It was made at Republic Studios and turned out to be Eddy’s final film. Republic Pictures Corporation (aka Republic Entertainment) is an independent film, television, and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, best known for its specialization in quality B pictures, westerns and movie serials. ...

After Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald left MGM in 1942, there were several unrealized films that would have reunited the team. Eddy signed with Universal in 1943 for a two-picture deal. The first was Phantom of the Opera and the second would have co-starred MacDonald. She filmed her two scenes for Follow the Boys then both stars severed ties Universal, as Eddy was upset with how Phantom of the Opera turned out. Among their later other proposed projects were East Wind, Crescent Carnival, a book optioned by MacDonald, The Rosary, the 1910 best seller--which Eddy had read as a teen and pitched to MGM as a "comeback" film for himself and MacDonald in 1948. Under the name "Issac Ackerman" he wrote a biopic screenplay about Chaliapin, in which he was to play the lead and also a young Nelson Eddy, but it was never produced. He also wrote two movie treatments for himself and MacDonald, Timothy Waits for Love and All Stars Don't Spangle. Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 â€“ January 14, 1965) was a singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, and Maytime). ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Follow the Boys, also known as Three Cheers for the Boys, is a 1944 musical film made by Universal Pictures as an all-star cast morale booster to entertain the troops abroad and the civilians at home. ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ... East Wind Community is an intentional community located in the Missouri Ozarks. ... The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay, new introduction by Sharon Rich and comments by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy The Rosary is a book by Florence L. Barclay, originally published in late 1909. ...

Recordings

Eddy made more than 290 recordings between 1935 and 1964, singing songs from his films, plus opera, folk songs, popular songs, Gilbert and Sullivan, and traditional arias from his concert repertoire. Since both he and screen partner Jeanette MacDonald were under contract to RCA Victor between 1935 and 1938, this allowed several popular duets from their films. In 1938, he signed with Columbia Records, which ended MacDonald-Eddy duets until a special LP album the two made together in 1957. He also recorded duets with his other screen partner Risë Stevens (The Chocolate Soldier) and for albums with Nadine Conner, Virginia Haskins, Doretta Morrow, Gale Sherwood, Eleanor Steber, and Jo Stafford. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... Eleanor Steber Eleanor Steber, (born Wheeling, West Virginia, 17 July 1916 - died Langhorne, Pennsylvania. ... Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford (born November 12, 1917) is a singer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1960s. ...

Eddy’s recordings drew rave reviews during the 1930s and 1940s, but it is a special tribute to his vocal technique that he continued to rate them into the 1960s. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner on 10/4/64 noted: “Nelson Eddy continues to roll along, physically and vocally indestructible. Proof is his newest recording on the Everest label, ‘Of Girls I Sing.’ At the age of 63 and after 42 years of professional singing, Eddy demonstrates there has not been much change in his romantic and robust baritone—the baritone that made him America’s most popular singer in the early ’30s.”^{[citation needed]}

War Work

Like many performers, Eddy was active in “war work” during World War II, even before the United States entered the war. He did his first "war effort" concert on 10/19/39 with Leopold Stokowski for Polish war relief. In 1942, he became an air raid warden and also put in long hours at the Hollywood Canteen. In 1943, he went on a two-month, 35,000-mile tour, giving concerts for military personnel in Belem, Brazil; Natal; Accra, Brandenburger Gold Coast; Central Africa; Aden; Asmara, Eritrea; Cairo (where he met King Farouk); Teheran, Persia (now Iran); Casablanca; and the Azores. He also broadcast for the armed forces throughout the war. The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California between October 3, 1942 and the end of World War II as a club offering food and entertainment for American servicemen, usually on their way overseas. ... Bel m is a city in the nothern part of Brazil. ... Natal is a former British colony, and a South African province. ... Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ... The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a part of the Gold Coast that was colonised by Germans before the German unification. ... Port of Aden (around 1910). ... Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area - City 214 kmÂ² (82. ... ... Tehran (also spelled Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 8,000,000 (metropolitan: 10,000,000), is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... For other uses, see Casablanca (disambiguation). ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem (national) (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do HeroÃsmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Carlos CÃ©sar Establishment - Settled 1439 - Autonomy 1976 Area - Total 2,333 kmÂ² (n/a) 911 sq mi...

Marriage

Eddy married Ann Denitz Franklin, former wife of noted director Sidney Franklin, on January 19, 1939. Her son, Sidney Jr, became Eddy's stepson, but they had no children of their own. They were married for 27 years, until his death. Ann Eddy never remarried after Nelson's death, and died on August 28, 1987. She is buried next to Nelson and his mother, Isabel, in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A 2001 biography about Eddy and MacDonald, Sweethearts by Sharon Rich, claims that MacDonald's marriage to Gene Raymond was engineered by studio boss Louis B. Mayer to prevent Eddy from marrying MacDonald. Rich's original source for this information was Jeanette MacDonald's older sister Blossom Rock. The Eddy-MacDonald romance has been now verified in other books such as The Golden Girls of MGM by Jane Ellen Wayne. Eddy's relationship with MacDonald began in late 1933 and continued, with a few breaks, until her death in 1965. Many of his personal letters and diary entries are reproduced in Sweethearts, providing insight into his character and disproving some critics' claims that he was emotionally "wooden." Of particular interest is the influence his personal relationship with MacDonald had on his professional career. Sidney Franklin, (born Sidney Frumkin, 1903-1976), was the first American to become a successful bullfighter. ... Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, updated edition, by Sharon Rich Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, updated edition, by Sharon Rich ISBN 0-9711998-1-7. ... Sharon Rich Sharon Rich has written eight books and edited and written over sixty magazines about 1930s singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. ... Gene Raymond (August 13, 1908 - May 2, 1998) was a popular film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Credited as Blossom Rock and Marie Blake, Edith Marie Blossom (McDonald) Rock (1895-1978) was an American actress and older sister of actress Jeanette MacDonald. ... Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, updated edition, by Sharon Rich Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair Onscreen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, updated edition, by Sharon Rich ISBN 0-9711998-1-7. ...

Radio & Television

Eddy began his more than 600 radio appearances in the mid 1920s. The first may have been on December 26, 1924 at station WOO in Philadelphia. Besides his many guest appearances, he hosted The Voice of Firestone (1936), Vicks Open House (1936), The Chase & Sanborn Hour (1937-1939), and Kraft Music Hall (1947-1948). He had his own show on CBS in 1942-1943. Eddy frequently used his radio shows to advance the careers of promising young singers. While his programs often featured “serious” music, they were never straight-laced. It was in a series of comedy routines with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on the Chase & Sanborn Hour that Nelson's name became associated with the song "Shortnin' Bread.” The Voice of Firestone was a weekly broadcast of the best in classical music, as performed by the nations most popular composers. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Sam Bermans caricature of Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen for 1947 NBC promotion book Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 â€“ September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 _ September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ...

On March, 31, 1933, he performed the role of Gurnemanz in a broadcast of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal with Rose Bampton, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. During the 1940s, he was a frequent guest on Lux Radio Theatre with Cecil B. DeMille, performing radio versions of Eddy’s popular films. Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 â€“ 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner. ... Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. ... Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations and became the standard by which future radio and early television anthologies would be judged. ... Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 â€“ January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ...

In 1951, Eddy guest-starred on several episodes of The Alan Young Show on CBS-TV. In 1952, he taped a pilot for a sitcom, Nelson Eddy's Backyard, with Jan Clayton, but it failed to find a network slot. On 12 November 1952, he surprised his former costar Jeanette MacDonald when she was the subject of Ralph Edwards' This Is Your Life. On 30 November 1952, he was Ed Sullivan's guest on Toast of the Town. The Alan Young Show was a television series which ran from 1950 until 1953. ... Jan Clayton (b. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ralph Livingstone Edwards (January 13, 1913 â€“ November 16, 2005) was a television host and producer. ... This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. ... November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. ...

During the next decade he guested on Danny Thomas's sitcom Make Room for Daddy, and on variety programs such as The Bob Hope Show, The Edgar Bergen Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Spike Jones Show, The Rosemary Clooney Show, The Dinah Shore Show, and The Big Record with Patti Page. He was a frequent guest on talk shows, including The Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite Catholic descent. ... The Danny Thomas Show (also known as Make Room for Daddy for the first three seasons) was a comedy television series starring Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson and Louise Beavers. ... The Colgate Comedy Hour was a musical variety television show which ran from November 1950 to December 1956. ... The Dinah Shore Show was a 15-minute long television series which was broadcast in the United States by NBC from 1951 to 1957. ... Patti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. ... The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jack Parr redirects here. ...

On 7 May 1955, Eddy starred in Max Liebman's 90-minute, live-TV version of Sigmund Romberg's The Desert Song on NBC-TV. It featured Gale Sherwood, Metropolitan Opera bass Salvatore Baccaloni, veteran film actor Otto Kruger, and the dance team of Bambi Lynn and Rod Alexander. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 â€“ November 9, 1951) was an American composer best known for his operettas. ... The Desert Song was a notable 1926 operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, respectively. ... Otto Kruger (b. ...

On December 31, 1966, a few months before his death, Nelson and his nightclub partner, Gale Sherwood, sang 15 songs on Guy Lombardo's traditional New Year's Eve program, telecast from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Guy Lombardo, photographed by William P. Gottlieb, 1947 Gaetano Alberto Guy Lombardo (June 19, 1902 â€“ November 5, 1977) was a Canadian bandleader and violinist. ... The quality of this article or section may be compromised by peacock terms. You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. ... The hotels name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Nightclub Act

The advent of television made inroads in the once-lucrative concert circuits, and, in the early 1950s, Eddy had to consider future career options, eventually deciding to form a nightclub act. It premiered in January 1953 with singer Gale Sherwood as his partner and Ted Paxson as accompanist. Variety wrote, "Nelson Eddy, vet of films, concerts, and stage, required less than one minute to put a jam-packed audience in his hip pocket in one of the most explosive openings in this city's nitery history...Before Eddy had even started to sing, they liked him personally as a warm human being.”^{[citation needed]} The act continued for the next 15 years, and made four tours of Australia.

Finale

Eddy visibly aged after the death of Jeanette MacDonald in January 1965. On January 31, 1960, he told Jack Parr on The Tonight Show that "I love her", ^[2] and he broke down when interviewed^[3] after her death. According to Bob Hunter, Eddy's accompanist during his final Australian tour, Eddy sang a special song to MacDonald in every performance of his nightclub act. Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918–January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In March 1967, Eddy was performing at the Sans Souci Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, when he was stricken on stage with a cerebral hemorrhage. His singing partner, Gale Sherwood, and his accompanist, Ted Paxson, were at his side. He died a few hours later in the early hours of March 6th. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, next to his wife, Ann, who survived him by 20 years. Being largely seasonal, downtown Palm Beachs streets are virtually vacant in the summer. ... Hollywood Forever Cemetery entrance Hollywood Forever Cemetery entrance Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...

Eddy’s meticulously annotated scores (some with his caricatures sketched in the margins) are now housed at Occidental College Music Library in Los Angeles. His personal papers and scrapbooks are at the University of Southern California Cinema/Television Library, also in Los Angeles.

Linguistic legacy

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Footnotes

^ His ancestry may not have been Russian Jewish after all. Tobey, Barbara W. (1988) "The Ackerman Family, Volume II": 222 contains information on the family of Joseph Chandler Ackerman and his wife Sophia Belinda Van B[e]uren, including their daughter Caroline Netta Ackerman (born 1854). This family lived in Mobile, Alabama which is consistent with what other references (for example) have stated about the family. This new view of his maternal ancestry takes a number of his ancestral lines back to days when New York was known as New Amsterdam
^ This episode aired on January 31, 1960; an audio of the interview can be heard in its entirety on Mac/Eddy Records CD album (#JN136, Track 1)
^ ibid, Track 5

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References

The Rosary is a book by Florence L. Barclay, originally published in late 1909. ... Mac/Eddy Today is the collectible, glossy magazine devoted to the lives and careers of 1930s movie stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. ... Maytime is a 1937 musical romance, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. ... Feodor Chaliapin Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Ð¤Ñ‘Ð´Ð¾Ñ€ Ð˜Ð²Ð°ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¨Ð°Ð»ÑÌÐ¿Ð¸Ð½) [a more accurate English transliteration is FyÃ³dor ShalyÃ¡pin] (born February 13 [O.S. February 1] 1873, Kazan â€“ died April 12, 1938, Paris) was the most famous Russian opera singer, bass of the first half of the 20th century. ...

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