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Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) was an American actress and singer. MacDonald is best remembered for her musical movies with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy. Jeanette MacDonald’s IMDb page shows 32 acting credits from 1929-1957. This page will rank 28 Jeanette MacDonald movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances and movies not released in North American theaters) were not included in the rankings.
Drivel Part: Recently we have been getting numerous requests for a Victor Mature page. As we were doing some preliminary research on Mr. Mature….some information on Jeanette MacDonald caught our eye. When we realized we already had most of her movies in our database….she bumped Mr. Mature. But for those still waiting patiently….it was close…..as MacDonald is pretty close alphabetically to Mature.
Jeanette MacDonald Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jeanette MacDonald Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by co-stars of her movies
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- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jeanette MacDonald movie received.
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR)Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jeanette MacDonald
1. Jeanette Anna MacDonald was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903.
2. Jeanette MacDonald’s singing voice brought her to Broadway at the age of 16. In 1920 she was the second lead in the play Irene. The first lead was Irene Dunne.
3. Film director Ernst Lubitsch was looking through old screen tests of Broadway performers and spotted Jeanette MacDonald. He cast her as the leading lady in his first sound film, 1929’s The Love Parade.
4. Jeanette MacDonald’s co-star in 1929’s The Love Parade was Maurice Chevalier. They would appear in three more movies together.
5. In 1935 Jeanette MacDonald was cast opposite Nelson Eddy for the first time. Starting with Naughty Marietta and ending with 1942’s I Married An Angel they would appear in a total of 8 movies together.
6. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy became known as “America’s Singing Sweethearts“.
7. Jeanette MacDonald was married one time. She was married to actor Gene Raymond from 1937 to her death in 1965. They did not have any children.
8. In 1939 Jeanette MacDonald was crowned “Queen of Hollywood” by a nationwide poll while the reigning King that year was Tyrone Power.
9. Jeanette MacDonald’s movies earned $3.28 billion when looking at adjusted domestic box office.
10. Check out Jeanette MacDonald‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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UMR Score takes box office grosses, reviews and awards and jams them altogether….our average UMR Score is 40.00.
The high water mark is 1936’s San Francisco. Ok….we are done now.
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BRUCE:
1 Thanks for the additional information. Until I saw the way you expressed your statement about the matter it never occurred to me that the dubbing of Gable as King might have been sarcasam though I’m kicking myself for not having thought of it previously as Tracy was such a cantankerous b—–d.
2 I hope you don’t mind but I’ve taken the liberty of improving another statement in your post which should now read –
“Heck Gable and anyone was a smart move – especially Gable and Crawford.” Can you amend your own post accordingly?
BOB
Hey Bob….sarcasm is seems to pop up in the comments on a regular basis…..I blame Steve.
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I think for anyone who likes opera, they’re bound to have a passing interest at the very least in Jeanette’s career. I think probably for mass audience’s today she would be an acquired taste. I always found her films with Chevalier are better than her films with Nelson Eddy. One hour with you is really good. Of course San Francisco is probably her best film.
It’s hard for people to imagine that she was such a big star in the 30’s but apart from the singing, she was quite a good actress.
Hey Chris…..I think the opera is what has had me shy away from her movies…..but I can see fans of that would love her movies. Nelson Eddy’s reputation has gotten worse as time has passed. In Rating the Movie Stars…he comes out near the bottom of their rankings. So I think lots of people agree with your thinking that her M. Chevalier movies are better. I will have to check out there One Hour With You. Thanks for sharing your MacDonald movie thoughts.
BRUCE
Today (24 Nov)I have duplicated my Jeanette MacDonald post of 23 Nov . Please cancel today’s one and keep the 23 Dec one which you will see is asking for your advice on a Gable/Tracy matter. Apologies for inconvenience BOB
I will delete it.
1 So far Janette has had the best overall average foreign gross % that I have seen with the ratio being 54.3% domestic & 45.7% overseas. I recall Paul Muni coming nearest with a 56% domestic/44% overseas average for the 13 movies where Bruce was able to give us his WW grosses. My impression has always been that Jeanette had more onscreen success than Eddy away from their partnership but if Bruce gives us a Nelson page all will be revealed!
2 It is interesting that she was dubbed “Queen of Hollywood” because in 1936 she was able to select her ‘King’. Apparently her status had become so high that year that she was able to demand Gable as her co-star in San Francisco. According to Wikipedia though he at first resisted the teaming as he feared her singing AND acting would enable her to dominate the movie. Bit like Newman/McQueen and the fire in Towering Inferno! Anyway Clark was probably glad in the end that Jeanette won the argument because San Francisco was his biggest hit after GWTW with a worldwide gross of almost $700 million.
3 The graphs like the ready reckoners on individual pages are a useful tool for acquiring an instant overview of specific stats and the graphs would therefore be a useful permanent addition
1 So far Janette has had the best overall average foreign gross % that I have seen with the ratio being 54.3% domestic & 45.7% overseas. I recall Paul Muni coming nearest with a 56% domestic/44% overseas average for the 13 movies where Bruce was able to give us his WW grosses
2 It is interesting that she was dubbed “Queen of Hollywood” because in 1936 she was able to select her ‘King’. Apparently her status had become so high that year that she was able to demand Gable as her co-star in San Francisco. According to Wikipedia though he at first resisted the teaming as he feared her singing AND acting would enable her to dominate the movie. Bit like Bruce’s story about Newman saying the fire in Towering Inferno overshadowed McQueen and him! Anyway Clark was probably glad in the end that Jeanette won the argument because San Francisco was his biggest hit after GWTW with a worldwide gross of almost $700 million.
3 I always got the impression that outside their partnership Jeanette was more successful in movies at least than Nelson but no doubt that if Bruce gives us a separate Eddy page all will be revealed. Meanwhile sufficient onto the day and I find this MacDonald page most valuable even on its own. Congrats Bruce – and I find the graphs excellent for a quick overview as I do your numerical ready reckoner. BOB
PS Reading over your notes again on Gable in HIS page your comment about Tracy dubbing Clark the King has now appeared to me to place the matter within a possible new context given that historians claimed Spence sulked on the set of Boom Town because Clark got top billing. When Spence said to another “Look, here comes the King,” was he being sarcastic and really implying that he saw Gable as being too big for his boots? Some reports suggest that “The King” although apparently a generous-hearted person, liked to swank about the set and even show off by flashing wads of dollar bills thus emulating his role model Wallace Beery. Remember how In Travolta’s Grease there was lots of sarcasm about the ‘goody two shoes’ images of Sandra Dee and Doris Day.
Hey Bob…..a few of her movies did better overseas than in North America….that had to help that %. I think putting Gable and her together was a very smart move. Heck Gable and anybody was a smart move……though his Marion Davies movie did not run out well. I do not think Nelson Eddy did well alone. So I give her a big edge in their comparison. I can easily see Tracy saying that with sarcasm…but the name stuck for sure.