#NELSON EDDY

[vintage-every-day]

Nelson Eddy visiting Eleanor Powell on the set of 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟲 in (1935).

#vintage #old hollywood #movies #golden era #eleanor powell #nelson eddy

[citizenscreen]

Somewhere in Hollywood Nelson Eddy sings as Elissa Landi, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart listen #DailyStewart

#nelson eddy #elissa landi #myrna loy #jimmy stewart #old hollywood

[gatutor]

Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald "Me casé con un ángel" (I married an angel) 1942, de W. S. Van Dyke, Roy Del Ruth.

#Jeanette MacDonald #Nelson Eddy #W. S. Van Dyke #Roy Del Ruth

[frostedmagnolias]

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in “I Married an Angel” (1942)

#jeanette macdonald #nelson eddy #old hollywood #classic hollywood #1940s #1940s hollywood #40s movies #1940s movies #1940s style #1940s vintage #old hollywood glamour #classic movies #frostedmagnolias

[weirdlookindog]

Phantom of the Opera (1943) R-1948

#phantom of the opera #nelson eddy #claude rains #susanna foster #1940s movies #arthur lubin #drama #universal monsters #pressbook

[mygreatadventurehasbegun]

Did I just spend a bit more money than I should have to buy a vintage Lobby Card and Lobby Photo for Phantom 1943?

Yes.

Yes, I did.

@hobbitmajora

#i've wanted that card for so long but it kinda bugged me that christine's dress was tinted red #but i couldn't resist any longer #it may not go on my new gallery wall but i'll find a place for it! #phantom 1943 #claude rains #susanna foster #nelson eddy

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#Phantom of the Opera #Nelson Eddy #Susanna Foster #Claude Rains #Edgar Barrier #Leo Carrillo #Jane Farrar #J. Edward Bromberg #Fritz Feld #Hume Cronyn #Arthur Lubin #1943

[peggy-elise]

Happy first of May! 🧺🪻👒🌸

Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Maytime 1937

#old hollywood #beauty #romantic drama #1930s cinema #jeanette macdonald #nelson eddy #john barrymore #maytime #may day #spring #vintage singers #opera

[secretceremonies]

James Cagney, Kay Francis, Maurice Chevalier, Joan Blondell, and George Barnes attending a theme party hosted by Kay Francis herself

“Kay Francis gave a Nautical Night for her friends of cinema-land the other night, and for the occasion converted the Vendome Cafe here, into a "quarterdeck" for dancing and general revelry. And it is recorded in the Daily Press, that, as a result of the party, Miss Francis contracted an attack of influenza, or La Grippe, that compelled her to postpone a trip eastward. Here we see the hostess with some of her guests, in costume. Left to right: Jimmy (James) Cagney; Kay Francis; Maurice Chevalier, Joan Blondell and George Barnes.”

#(at kay’s party) #james cagney #kay francis #joan blondell #maurice chevalier #george barnes #(on mag page) #greta garbo #marlene dietrich #constance bennett #joan crawford #barbara stanwyck #george brent #loretta young #ronald colman #nelson eddy #(other tags) #old hollywood #vintage #vintage magazine #1930s #30s #30s fashion #old films #old movies #30s movies #1930s vintage #1930s style #1930s movies #pre code hollywood

[classic-hollywood-glam]

Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy

#jeanette macdonald #nelson eddy #vintage #old hollywood #classic hollywood

[piedalchemist]

Happy pride month, everyone!!!

#bisexual memes #bisexual #bi memes #lgbtq memes #lgbtq #lgbt pride #queer pride #lgbtq community #queer #bisexual pansexual solidarity #bi/pan solidarity #pansexual #pan #pan pride #pansexual pride #phantom of the opera 1945 #nelson eddy #edgar barrier #susanna foster #claude rains #phantom of the opera #headcanon #my headcanons #bi people #pan people

[citizenscreen]

Walt Disney and Nelson Eddy discussing the Willie the Whale character Eddy voiced in THE WHALE WHO WANTED TO SING AT THE MET, the final animated short in Disney’s MAKE MINE MUSIC (1946).

#walt disney #nelson eddy

[thinkbolt]

Willie the Whale (Disney, 1946) - dirs. Geronimi & Luske

#Willie the Whale #Opera singer #Nelson Eddy #Disney #Make Mine Music #1940s #classic cartoon #golden age animation #tragedy

[themoonprincessaaaa]

Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy

I Married an Angel (1942), dir. W. S. Van Dyke

#jeanette macdonald #nelson eddy #i married an angel #40s #old hollywood #vintage aesthetic #angel #wings #movie costumes #my edit #golden age of hollywood #пост из группы #1940s #beauty

[kwebtv]

The Desert Song  -  NBC  -  May 7, 1955

Musical

Running Time:  90 minutes

Stars

Nelson Eddy as Pierre / The Red Shadow

Gale Sherwood as Margot

Salvatore Baccaloni as Ali Ben Ali

John Conte as Paul Fontaine

Viola Essen as Azuri

Otto Kruger as General Birabeau

Earl William Sauavin as Hassi

Rod Alexander as Dancer

Felisa Conde as Castagnette Dancer

Bambi Linn as Dancer

Originally telecast live and in color. All that remains is a kinescope from which these images were taken.

#The Desert Song #TV #NBC #1955 #1950's #Musical #Nelson Eddy #Gale Sherwood #Salvatore Baccoloni #John Conte #Viola Essen #Otto Kruger

[mygreatadventurehasbegun]

Here’s the rest of my Phantom ‘43 liveblog notes...just too tough to do tons of individual posts when I actually want to watch the movie....taking notes is much easier...though I still had to pause a few times because I just can’t type fast enough, lol.

~The Tenor in Marta has an amazing voice.

~The side eyeing between Raoul and Anatole has begun!

~M. Villeneuve looking almost amused when he comes across Christine being told off by M. Vechers.  I’ve always loved how in Christine’s corner Villeneuve is.

~I love M. Villeneuve’s speech about artists, and them needing to be around people who understand it.  And choosing between art and “a normal life”.

~NOT CLAUDIN RIPPING MY HEART OUT DURING THAT FOYER SCENE.  

~The fact that they just held on Claudin’s face while he’s playing The Lullaby of the Bells shows just how good of an actor Claude Rains was.  You can watch an extreme closeup of him, not speaking and still be enthralled.

~There is so much vulnerability when he says “what am I to do, Maestro?”  He’s so vulnerable, and yet still dignified....and I love that they didn’t make him beg.

~I love the random cat outside the window of Claudin’s apartment.

~THE WAY HE BARELY PAUSES AND LOOKS AT THE BUST, I CAN’T

~Not me crying when he almost cries while playing the piano

~I love the dress Christine wears during her voice lesson.

~The camera shot that reveals Claudin hiding from Christine is fantastic

~Before Claudin tells Signor Piretti about being dismissed, you can see his hands fidgeting in his lap...either from nervousness or the pain of his arthritis, or both.

~Speaking of Piretti, his “Italian” accent always makes me laugh: “The girl means nothing-a to me”

~The way Claudin’s face falls when Piretti starts laughing about the concerto.  Hasn’t this guy been through enough?  Jesus.

~As a kid, I always used to think the guy walking into Pleyel’s at the beginning actually was Pleyel...but it’s just an extra that look like him.

~M. Pleyel is such a dick

~I could watch that scene with the murder/acid throw a hundred times in a row, and still not be bored.  Just watching Claude Rains’ face change just before he snaps...also, the fact that they included Pleyel actually gagging is pretty intense for 1943.  And of course, Claudin’s screams are probably the best horror screams I’ve ever heard, especially coming from a man.  It’s so visceral.

~I do find it odd that he gets the acid thrown onto his entire face, but it’s only the right side that actually gets burned...maybe it was only supposed to hit the one side, but the take they went with was just too good to not use...

~Claudin, how did you manage to survive that long after throwing sewage on your burnt face?  

~Lecours reacting to the food that was stolen is hilarious.  In the script, it’s revealed that his “troubles” mostly boil down to indigestion...so when pickled pig’s feet and ham are mentioned, he grimaces and reaches for his 19th century Tums.

~The look on Anatole’s face after Aunt Madeline says: “please remember you’re speaking to a gentlemen”.  It always makes me laugh.

~I love that Christine says she encountered Claudin in the foyer, onstage and outside the opera...I wonder how many “surprise” encounters Claudin arranged just so he could see her?

~Time for something I never noticed before!  When Anatole presents the theory that Claudin probably fell in love with Christine, he says to Raoul: “You admit that is possible, no?”  And Raoul does a friggin’ double take.  I cannot believe I never noticed this before...It is hysterical and I rewound the blu-ray three times to rewatch it.  And even though the shot is on Raoul, you can totally see Anatole smiling at that reaction.  Maybe it made Nelson Eddy laugh or maybe it was in character, but either way, I love it.

~Is Anatole suggesting that he wants to do a bust of Raoul next?

~Just noticed that there is one woman in the orchestra who’s playing the harp.

~Anatole opening a conversation with “You’re going to be a great and famous singer, I’ll help you” is kinda odd...couldn’t say hello first?  lol

~Nelson Eddy and Jane Farrar’s voices really work well together.

~I wonder what the reason was for Christine to not be onstage during the first scene of the opera?  Other than to create suspicion for her drugging Biancarolli...though she was never actually accused...Biancarolli assumed it was Anatole...hmmm.

 ~M. Villeneuve being so proud of Christine as he conducts makes my heart melt a bit

~I always wondered what happened after Christine and Anatole’s duet?  Did Christine finish the opera or did Biancarolli push her out and finish it herself?  They’re only in Act I when she’s drugged, so there’s at least two more to go!

~I love the shot of Claudin listening to the thunderous applause for Christine.

~”Hearsay is not evidence Madame!”  Nice to see a police officer doing his job.

~M. Villeneuve is pissed when Biacarolli wants them to tell the press to ignore the fact that Christine sang.

~I love how Claude leans into the gravelly part of his voice after he dons the mask.  And that shot of him opening the curtains is so creepy!

~I don’t think I’ve ever actually mentioned how much I like the design of the mask...I like how it feels sort of sleek, and the deep-set look of the eyes.  And making it pale blue is such a cool choice.

~I would like both Claudin’s and Anatole’s capes, thank you.  Also love how they color coded them, with Anatole in white and Claudin in red (hero vs. villain)

~Every single thing that Anatole and Raoul do and say in the final scene at Christine’s apartment makes me smile.  The talking in sync, the side eyeing...everything.  I think this is the scene that makes every person who watches this movie ship these two characters.  The honestly have the best chemistry in the movie and I’m sad that these two actors didn’t make a series of buddy comedies.  WE WERE ROBBED.

~Nelson Eddy looks so good in that brown suit when he meets Franz List.

~I love that Hume Cronyn is in this movie.

~I need Christine’s pale blue dress in my closet now, please.

~The shot of Claudin coming through the curtains is genius.  I mean, it’s the officer’s fault for standing with his back to an open hallway...but it’s so creepy the way he appears out of the shadows.

~I love the third Opera sequence...I mean, it is Tchaikovsky, so that helps.  And Nelson sounds incredible.  And I’d still love a translation of the Russian...apparently, his pronunciation is really good.

~There is only one good bit of trivia that I got from the podcast I listened to yesterday: the set was reused from the silent film (I knew that), but the chandelier was actually in too bad of shape, so they rebuilt it, but built it in such a way that it could be dismantled for after the crash and put back together so it could be reused.  They said how much glass and crystal was used, but I can’t remember what they said.

~That shot where Claudin snaps his head back towards the camera before he begins sawing the chandelier chain always used to scare me as a kid.  On VHS, it looks like he’s looking directly into the camera

~I wonder how Raoul knew to go up into the catwalk to follow Claudin...was he dropping breadcrumbs?  Also, Claudin must have flown to get backstage and find Christine that fast, holy crap.

~He calls her “my little one”...how could anyone think that his love was anything but paternal?  Also, that “yes, what?” is such a parental thing to say...

~This Christine is so smart...thinking on her feet to try and get him to take her back...also, the fact that Susanna Foster is actually trembling is amazing.  I wish she’d had a bigger film career.

~I kind of love the fact that they are playing the concerto while the chandelier is still laying there.  Hope there aren’t any bodies underneath!

~Christine looking like she might make a run for it before Claudin helps her sit...good for her!

~God, that first look he gives her when he’s playing the concerto.  He can see that she recognizes the melody, and he thinks this crazy scheme just might work...he hasn’t started willing her to figure it out yet, but that look of recognition is incredible.  He looks down at the keys three times just to compose himself.

~I love how determined Christine looks when she goes over to grab the mask.  She knows who he is, but she just has to see his face.

~The shame on Claudin’s face after the mask is removed....whyyyyyy?  And then that quick snap to rage when Anatole and Raoul burst in.

~I love the look of panic on Anatole’s face when Christine says she’s always felt drawn to Claudin.  He wonders if she’s figured out the truth...more evidence of what was cut!

~I like how Christine has redecorated the leading lady’s dressing room.

~When Christine suggests they have supper...is she really suggesting a threesome?  LOL

~Anatole and Raoul walk off into the sunset and live happily ever after.  

THE END.

#phantom of the opera 1943 #phantom 1943 #phantom 1943 liveblog #claude rains #nelson eddy #susanna foster