List of the best Jeanette MacDonald movies: Maytime(1937), New Moon(1940), The Sun Comes Up(1949), The Girl of the Golden West(1938), Three Daring Daughters(1948), Broadway Serenade(1939), The Lottery Bride(1930), Cairo(1942), Bitter Sweet(1940), Naughty Marietta(1935), The Firefly(1937), I Married an Angel(1942) ... ...
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Marcia Mornay
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Musical, Romance
USA
1940
105 Minutes
Marianne de Beaumanoir
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco H.B. Warner Dick Purcell Stanley Fields Bunty Cutler Grant Mitchell Ray Walker John Miljan
frenchman duke prisoner servant love interest heiress melodramatic passionate suspenseful ship island louisiana romance journey class distinctions political intrigue love sacrifice adventure 1780s
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Musical
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Lloyd Nolan Claude Jarman Jr. Percy Kilbride Lewis Stone Nicholas Joy Margaret Hamilton Hope Landin Esther Somers Dwayne Hickman Teddy Infuhr
lassie widow orphan dog love interest emotional spirited heartwarming georgia countryside household orphanage rural community human-animal friendship orphans maternal instinct starting over grief discovery growing up
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1938
120 Minutes
Mary Robbins
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Buddy Ebsen Leonard Penn Priscilla Lawson Bob Murphy Olin Howland Cliff Edwards Billy Bevan
singer bandit priest sheriff girlfriend saloon owner cheery amusing tender california mountain saloon stagecoach romance impersonation outlaws old west rivalry pursuit discovery
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
115 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Jane Powell Edward Arnold Harry Davenport Moyna Magill Elinor Donahue Ann E. Todd Tom Helmore Kathryn Card Thurston Hall Nan Bennett
magazine editor daughter boss band leader father mother playful cheery intricate new york city high school cruise ship office household mansion secret marriage mother/daughter relationship sister relationship divorce music
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Mary Hale
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Ian Hunter Frank Morgan Wally Vernon Rita Johnson Virginia Grey William Cargan Katharine Alexander Al Shean Esther Dale
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
80 Minutes
Jenny Swanson
Jeanette MacDonald John Garrick Joe E. Brown ZaSu Pitts Robert Chisholm Joseph Macaulay Harry Gribbon Carroll Nye Max Davidson Frank Brownlee Paul Hurst
Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
Musical, Comedy
1942
101 Minutes
Marcia Warren
Jeanette MacDonald Robert Young Ethel Waters Reginald Owen Grant Mitchell Lionel Atwill Edward Ciannelli Mitchell Lewis Larry Nunn Dennis Hoey Mona Barrie
A torpedoed newsman (Robert Young) foils Nazi spies in Cairo with a Hollywood singer (Jeanette MacDonald) and her maid (Ethel Waters).
Musical
1940
94 Minutes
Sarah Millick
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy George Sanders Ian Hunter Felix Bressart Edward Ashley Lynne Carver Diana Lewis Curt Bois Fay Holden Sig Ruman
singer music teacher baron benefactor lord melodramatic tender emotional vienna café opera performance romance arranged marriage love triangle forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 1890s
Songs by Noel Coward highlight this tale of the difficult times faced by a Victorian belle and her husband in Vienna.
Musical, Comedy
1935
106 Minutes
Marietta
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Elsa Lanchester Douglas Dumbrille Cecilia Parker Walter Kingsford Greta Meyer
princess maid pirate captain governor airy melodramatic winsome france ship new orleans household theater romance switched identities journey royalty escape love adventure
An incognito French princess (Jeanette MacDonald) flees to New Orleans and flirts with an Indian scout (Nelson Eddy).
Musical
1937
131 Minutes
Nina Maria Azara
Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William Douglas Dumbrille Henry Daniell Leonard Penn Tom Rutherford Belle Mitchell
singer spy marquis colonel king love interest emotional amusing madrid france inn tavern stagecoach espionage napoleonic wars journey battle betrayal reunion love
A Spanish cabaret singer (Jeanette MacDonald) spying for King Ferdinand meets a Spanish aristocrat (Allan Jones) spying for Napoleon.
Musical
1942
84 Minutes
Anna, Brigitta
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Edward Everett Horton Binnie Barnes Reginald Owen Mona Maris Janis Carter Inez Cooper Douglas Dumbrille Leonid Kinskey
secretary count angel matchmaker playboy wife charming creative lighthearted bank costume party bedroom house marriage unrequited love supernatural romance dreams regret fantasy vs. reality discovery
A Budapest banker (Nelson Eddy) dreams of marrying an angel (Jeanette MacDonald), after meeting her earthly double.
Musical, Comedy
1938
114 Minutes
Gwen Marlowe
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Florence Rice Ray Bolger Mischa Auer
actor actress husband wife producer amusing lighthearted new york city broadway theater broadway marriage performance deception hollywood fame love rivalry temptation 1930s
Married co-stars (Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy) of a Broadway operetta have a big fight, split up and then get back together.
Musical
1936
110 Minutes
Marie de Flor
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy James Stewart Reginald Owen Allan Jones Alan Mowbray Gilda Gray
opera singer police officer brother criminal charming melodramatic forest countryside ontario, canada train new love family crime deception prison break love pursuit 1930s
An opera star (Jeanette MacDonald) falls for a Mountie (Nelson Eddy) chasing her outlaw brother (James Stewart).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Colette Bertier
Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Roland Young George Barbier Josephine Dunn Richard Carle Charles Judels Barbara Leonard
cheater husband wife mistress doctor intricate hedonistic disheartening profound paris house dinner party infidelity husband/wife relationship friendship secret seduction forbidden love wretched excess discovery
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
107 Minutes
Queen Louise
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Lupino Lane Lillian Roth Edgar Norton Lionel Belmore Albert Roccardi Carl Stockdale Eugene Pallette E.H. Calvert Russ Powell
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
94 Minutes
Countess Helene Mara
A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Shirley
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Musical
USA
1930
104 Minutes
Katherine
Dennis King Jeanette MacDonald O.P. Heggie Lillian Roth Warner Oland Arthur Stone Tom Ricketts
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1934
99 Minutes
Madame Sonia
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Edward Everett Horton Una Merkel George Barbier Herman Bing Minna Gombell Sterling Holloway Peggy Watts
widow count ambassador stranger groom king airy charming paris marshovia mansion marriage taxes national security schemes deception identity love pursuit quest
A playboy prince (Maurice Chevalier) from a tiny kingdom is sent to woo a rich widow (Jeanette MacDonald) in Paris.
Adventure
1936
115 Minutes
Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph Ted Healy Shirley Ross Al Shean
singer nightclub owner pretty woman real estate agent melodramatic emotional tender san francisco lottery love music opera salvation natural disasters love underdog rivalry 1900s
A Barbary Coast gambler (Clark Gable) loves his new saloon singer (Jeanette MacDonald), then loses her in the 1906 earthquake panic.