The Baritone!

 

Nelson's First Lady of Song was....
Jeanette MacDonald!

Red Hair! Green Eyes! Great Voice!

She was......

his "Blue Eyes" in "Naughty Marietta"!	his lovely prey in "Rose Marie"!
his lost love in "Maytime"!	his "Golden Hair" in "Girl of the Golden West"!

his favorite person in"Sweethearts"!	his"boss lady" in"NewMoon"!
his prize pupil in"Bittersweet"!	his "angel" in"I Married An Angel"!

But there were other women in his life, too!
Seven of them!

There was....

Eleanor Powell...
	his dancing princess in "Rosalie"!

 

Ilona Massey...
Lydia his favorite Russian in "Balalaika"!
	Natalia his favorite Russian #2 in "Northwest Outpost"!

 

Virginia Bruce...
"Maggie" his Western filly in "Let Freedom Ring"!

Rise Stevens...
	"Maria" his flirtatious wife in " The Chocolate Soldier"!

 

Susanna Foster...
"Christine" the one that got away in "The Phantom of the Opera"!

 

Constance Dowling...
	"Tina" his Dutch treat in "Knickerbocker Holiday"!

 

Gale Sherwood...
"Margot" his desert flower in "The Desert Song"!

But Nelson's favorite pastime was...saving Jeanette!..

...from falling!

...from unwelcome suitors!

...from drowning!

...from cinders!

...from boredom!

 

 Pictures by Joan Woolley

For more on Nelson ..,
"At the Balalaika: A Nelson Eddy Tribute"