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What have I posted? When did I post it? Does it matter at all? THE WORLD NEEDS JEANETTE. Remember that time that Jeanette yoinked Norma Shearer's Juliet gown for a costume party? Yup, friends, Jeanette was a "borrower" of dresses. I use the term "borrower" very loosely. ;) read more

Does anyone else remember the old AOL fan site that had a sound clip that played over and over and over and over again? It was "Hello, boys and girls! This is Jeanette MacDonald." That drove me nuts. Anyway, what I'm actually here for is to apologize for my absence. I'm going to be very candid h read more

As a part of the Dynamic Duos Blogathon, happening this weekend, I was approached to write a little some'fin about our dear Jeanette and Nelson. Mostly because no one else had volunteered. Before I get into the technicalities of it all, I want to explore a little bit into the Jeanette and Nelson fa read more

Look at this. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. You have one job, and it is to look at this fabulosity. See, I'm being very generous in sharing the hi-res of this because, as you know, I have a phobia of inciting bad fanfiction. I wonder what the technical term for that would be... 1.) Lookit her wearing he read more

So...... Pretty sure I accidentally killed poor Risë. You see, I have this recurring dream where... well, I'm not going to go into it, but I predict death. And Risë was in one of those dreams, last night. I know, I know, she died yesterday, but we didn't know until today. It's this thing I have. I read more

I know you think I've abandoned you, but I promise I've been around. I've just been trying to come up with an awesome 100th post, but I can't. Why? Because every post with Jeanette is an awesome post. There's simply no way to top the perfection I have in the other 99. I really have nothing better to read more

Oh Gene, Jeanette is not your tasty noms. Still, this will never not be my favorite thing that was ever captured of them doing. Because what even. read more

I have wanted an 8x10 of this picture since Hollywood Diva came out, when I was 15. Now... 'tis mine. And yours! Because the Care Bears taught me that sharing is caring! The original OTP, Jeanette and Maurice Chevalier, who got wild, with their feet firmly planted on the floor, in The Merry Widow read more

So, I have yet to have anyone explain to me what they're seeing in these pictures that I'm not seeing. Anyone? Bueller? Throwing all caution to the wind, I ask again, "the hell?" OK, big deal, Nelson visited Jeanette's set. (Wasn't he already at MGM, working on the Chocolate Soldier set? Just. read more

The lovely, the magical, the greatest, the fabulous, most favorite reader of all time sent me a picture, last night. I was going to hold on to it, for a couple of days, while I recovered from the hilarious breakdown I had last night, after reading that someone found that aforementioned fic "insightf read more

I have nothing of worth to say, other than I love candids. read more

The Official Until They Prove I Can't Call It That Jeanette MacDonald Blog has been accepted and listed by the Classic Movie Hub Blog Hub! In honor of this, and because I'm crazy, I'm going to repost my favorite thing that's ever happened in my time as a Jeanette fan. No, not the time I got stuck on read more

Quoth the moi: "I gotta blog about this." I... Guise. I... I just found Jeanelson fic online. People make up stories about Jeanette and Nelson (like this is anything new... /snark) and publish them online. This is like when I discovered that people devote a massive amount of time to Perry Mason fan read more

Oh, Jeanette and your Kentucky accent. Although I'm quite disappointed in the sound on the new-ish release of Girl Of The Golden West, from Warner Archive, I'll never not be tickled by that accent. In my head, there is a party where Irene Dunne and Jeanette sit around and regale people with made up read more

Why pay $99? HERE'S A PICTURE! If you can't access the hi res and want to make yourself a copy, e-mail me at my.cocktail.hour@gmail.com. We will NOT pay overblown prices! Jeanette would totally kill us for overspending on her, lol. Why so gorgeous, girl? read more

Why do people refuse to believe that Jeanette was an amazing actress? I'm constantly seeing these backhanded compliments, like "She was good, but she wasn't THAT GOOD" in reference to her chemistry with Nelson. Like, shut your mouths. She WAS that good. Jeanette Anna was an amazing actress, and shou read more

Look at what handsome blonde actor has his arm around his own wife, and not Jeanette MacDonald. Yep, guys, that's that evil ol' Ann Eddy, just there to steal everyone's soul. #endintensesnark She's actually quite pretty. You don't realize it from that singular picture everyone has seen of her. read more

I can't hear anything over the sound of how awesome this picture is. What are you doing, Jeanette Anna? Dictation? I always knew you were a little thrifty, but I think this is illegal labor. read more

See what I did there? I used the word engaging in a fragment. (It is not a sentence.) In honor of this, I shall share with you Jeanette and Gene's official engagement picture, which I bought from ebay after having been up for about 13 seconds. The only downside to the picture is that it has a stamp read more

Thanks to my favorite of all the readers, we will now have a moment of silent reflection as we gaze upon this picture, imagining what I believe to be the truest caption for this picture could ever be. "If you don't eat that pie in 5 seconds, it's mine." read more