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Jeanette MacDonald: The Irving Stone Letters

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Loved it! A great collection of hand-written letters by MGM's musical songbird, before she was a star. Lively, entertaining, and she sure wasn't a boring prude like some others have made her out to be. Ms. Rich wisely keeps the annotations to a minimum, since Naughty Marietta tells it like it was in her own words. I particularly enjoyed MacDonald's Broadway and Hollywood gossip from the good old days! Lots of good dish.

I am a huge fan of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and I'm sure Jeanette MacDonald would not have wanted this book published, since it shows her in several love affairs with married and unmarried men. This book is great in that she is just writing with no pretenses to her lover/exlover/then friend her Big Irving. Jeanette's life was fascinating and yet tragic and lonely at the end without a certain baritone.

I highly recommend this book, it is always wonderful to read the truth for a change. Let Jeanette and Nelson's beautiful voices live on through their wonderfully nostalgic movies & cds!! There will never be anyone like them again!