Product Details

• Actors: Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002LE8O7Y
• For more information about "New Moon (1940)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A PRIME MACDONALD & EDDY MUSICAL., September 30, 2002

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Moon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A beautifully filmed version of the famous 1928 Hammerstein-Romberg operetta. In 1789, the Duke de Vidier, a young French aristocrat, renounces his claim of nobility to further the cause of the revolution by freeing the bond servants in New Orleans. While posing as a deported servant named Charles Michon, the Duke sails on a New Orleans bound ship where he meets the spoiled Marianne de Beaumanoir.......Naturally the above roles are filled by none other than Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, respectively. The working title of this film was LOVER COME BACK, and it was sometimes broadcast on television as PARISIAN BELLE. An earlier 1931 version starred Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett. Buster Keaton and Nat Pendelton can be seen very briefly as bondsmen. The wonderful score includes such perennials as LOVER COME BACK TO ME, STOUTHEARTED MEN, SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE & ONE KISS. The steamboat scenes were shot at Santa Catalina Island by Clyde de Vinna.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald, June 29, 2004

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Joseph H Pierre "Joe Pierre" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Moon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film was made in 1940 when Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald were at their peak. Both singers could emote. They didn't need to swallow the microphone as they do today, with their thin, breathy style of singing, depending upon technology to be heard.

The story revolves around a French Duke who, during the revolution, gives up his title, frees his bonded servants, and heads for New Orleans by ship, posing as a servant(footman). On the voyage he meets Jeanette McDonald, where a love/hate relationship develops. He is sold as a slave,takes over the ship, is shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island, and their relationship takes the inevitable course.

This is a musical, and so McDonald and Eddy regale us with several songs. it is no wonder that they were such popular singers. They actually harmonized, in those days. Refreshing, indeed.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of The Descendants of Thomas Pier
and other books

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Moon, October 15, 2000

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Charlyne Metcalf (Portland, Or United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Moon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is truely beautiful. The costumes, The photography, the lighting, and the music. This is my favorite of the MacDonald, and Eddy movies.