Jeanette MacDonald was an extrovert by nature. She liked people and she socialized in Hollywood with her husband. Her Hollywood friends included Norma Shearer, Irene Dunne, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, Harold Lloyd, Lily Pons, and Dolores Del Rio. MacDonald also had her own radio show, Vicks Open House, from 1937-38 on CBS Radio.
MacDonald with her pet dog
at Paramount
1932
MacDonald & Maurice Chevalier
Hollywood
1932
with director Rouben Mamoulian
on the set of Love Me Tonight
1932
MacDonald & Bob Richie
her manager & lover
Tour of Europe 1933
MacDonald on the set of The Merry Widow
1934
with director W.S. Van Dyke
on Naughty Marietta
set
1935
MacDonald on CBS Radio
Vicks Open House
1937
MacDonald at the MGM recording studio
for Maytime
1937
MacDonald, Dolores Del Rio
and Jean Hersholt
Hollywood 1936
MacDonald & Eddy enjoying a piece
of cake on the set of Sweethearts
1938
MacDonald with
her dog and car
1938
MacDonald, Norma Shearer and Gene Raymond
at a nightclub
Hollywood 1938
Lily Pons, MacDonald, Grace Moore & John McCormack
at a premiere
Hollywood 1938
King and Queen of the Movies
Tyrone Power, Ed Sullivan & Jeanette MacDonald
1939
MacDonald & James Roosevelt
son of FDR
Beverly Hills 1939
Nicholas Schenck, MacDonald & Louis B. Mayer
signing new MGM contract on July 17, 1939
MacDonald playing organ at home
1939
with Elizabeth Taylor
MGM Studio 1948
MacDonald sunbathing
1940
Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald
CBS Radio
Hollywood 1945
with Nelson Eddy
circa 1959
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