Sweethearts 1938

Best movie ever of America’s Sweetheart’s Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy!

Too much noise.

Oh my goodness, here I am, again, with my favorite memories regarding movies ... little doubt that the younger generationswould find this "corny" ... but it takes me back to such sweet times when I believed that Nelson Eddy and Janette MacDonaldtruly loved each other. And My research tends to make me believe I was right ... It seems that in the 1930's the moviecontracts in Hollywood were extremely overreaching and onerous, so much so that the legal courts found them to be tantamountto "slavery". This couple were denied the right to have an open loving relationship so long as they were under the contractswith the movie producers. They went their separate ways, after being denied permission to marry each other. Janettewent to England and miscarried their baby there. They each married other spouses and lived separate lives.Thanks for preserving this movie .. watch it and see if you can "see" true love in their eyes when they sing to each other !!

Sweethearts is seldom mentioned on the short list of great MacDonald-Eddy teamings, but it's a feast for fans: rich color photography, a funny script, and plenty of musical opportunities for the two stars, Victor Herbert purists might feel bemused to learn that this is not an adaptation of his show by that title. This film is a backstager about a couple starring in a long-running production that uses the Sweethearts songs (with some new lyrics), so it has a musical comedy feel to it, not that of an operetta. It's really a clever idea: to give MacDonald and Eddy a chance to play contemporary boulevard comedy yet include the kind of music they sang as well as, or better than, anyone else of the time. Lots of fun, too, with the in-laws sponging off them and never tiring of dredging up their old performances and shtick. Very well played by some "old pros." What a relief to be able to own this wonderful movie outright, instead of having to wait for it to turn up on TCM.

Well, I would have liked more of Jeanette and Nelson on screen! LOL. Seriously the opening scenes were all Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger and another character actor is a very long set up. It seemed forever till the lovebirds made their glorious appearance and then, wow, at the same time! Yay! I never saw this film so it was a treat to see them in a "new" story and in color. Her flaming red hair, and the way his face lights up when he looks at her! Some nice bits in the film, her helping him get dressed while singing about a little grey house in the west. Charming! And the big "Pretty As A Picture" number was a delight to watch these two having a great time. The story overall was silly, but it served its purpose... and really who cared? Just seeing these two on screen was fun enough. The tape was in good condition and shipping was fast.

I love Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, but this is probably the worst movie of theirs I've ever seen. Where are those catchy, uplifting operetta tunes? Most of the music just dragged on and on, and the plot was most abusrd---that Gwenn (MacDonald) would believe the "trap" that was set for her by the playwright (Mischa Auer)---even for an Eddy/MacDonald flick. The little fashion show Jeanette puts on while shopping for "California clothes" is amusing. It appears to me that she is imitating her MGM costars Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford as she struts in the fine digs. The DVD transfer from Warner Archives is very good. I'm sure it's the best print they had, although it shows its age. This was MGM's first three-strip Technicolor outing, and you can tell Technicolor still had a long way to go to reach the perfection of the splashy, colorful MGM musicals of the late 40s and 50s. Jeanette's hair is often flagrantly red, and the rouge on her cheeks at times would have had bulls in Spain charging at her. Sorry, but give me the great B&W films of this great team---Maytime, Rose Marie, Naughty Marietta---and keep your Sweethearts.

Purchased all 8 of the all time great Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy films for my wife for Christmas. A full 5 out of the 8 DVD's received are completely defective and will not play. This is one of the 5. Completely unacceptable and completely disappointed. I have requested a replacement. I am shocked at the defect rate. What the heck is going on with amazon.Needless to say I am now watching without delay the 3 remaining DVD's that appear to work just to make sure they are okay so I don't have to replace them as well. Beyond frustrated and disappointed.UPDATE OF REVIEW: AMAZON KINDLY REPLACED MY DVD TO MY SATISFACTION, ALL IS WELL , THANKS AMAZON FOR MAKING MY WIFE HAPPY AGAIN!

Sweeping lyrical scores, brilliant technicolor and staccato pace set the backdrop for this love story between wife Gwen (Jeanette) and husband Ernest Lane(Nelson). As wildly popular stage performers, they live a perpetual honeymoon, on stage and off - a touch syrupy for some but delightful for romantics. That the movie lacks a story line is unimportant - the scores and lavish productions more than compensate in this opulent Victor Herbert musical. Outstanding is the couple's poignantly rendered harmony with "My Little Grey Home of the West". In that sequence, Nelson Eddy vividly projects a fiery affinity for Jeanette MacDonald that is actually palpable. The movie is well named.

Wonderful Films from a great era. Very good value.

thank you brings back memories prompt service

Lovely but not as good as Naughty Marietta.

Good film, good songs.

If you're a fan of MacDonald & Eddy or musicals of that era, then this is a must-have movie, hands down. This was MGM's first full feature in the glorious (and expensive and cumbersome) Technicolor process, and managed to beat "Robin Hood" at the Oscars for color cinematography.Unfortunately, this mediocre video transfer doesn't show it at all. The entire film has a softness to it that obliterates fine detail and grain texture, the color palette is sooty and dark, and the colors themselves slightly bleached and unsaturated. On top of that, the sound levels vary from reel to reel, requiring the viewer to adjust the sound every 20 minutes or so.Other than fluctuating levels (also a video transfer issue), the sound track itself is full and pleasant with a wide spectrum and minimal hiss, as was the norm for MGM productions of that time.As a Warner Bros Archive Collection DVD it doesn't include many frills, but it does have a fun Extra where we can listen in to MacDonald and Eddy working on some of their music recordings at the fabled MGM sound stage. Overall, though, it's a pretty sad looking video transfer of a landmark film that deserves much better treatment.