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- Actress
- Soundtrack
She was the third daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald, younger sister to Blossom (MGM's character actress Marie Blake), whom she followed to New York and a chorus job in 1920. She was busy in a string of musical productions. In 1928 Paramount tested and rejected her, but a year later Ernst Lubitsch saw her test and picked her to play opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade (1929). Musicals went into decline and Paramount dropped her in 1931; her next pictures with Chevalier went nowhere. She went to Europe where she met Irving Thalberg and his wife Norma Shearer (whom she loaned both her hairdresser and chauffeur). She got the lead in Thalberg's property The Merry Widow (1934), and her next MGM vehicle, Naughty Marietta (1935) brought her together with Nelson Eddy. For her next project she insisted Clark Gable should co-star. He at first refused - "I just sit there while she sings. None of that stuff for me." - the movie, of course, was San Francisco (1936). During World War II she often did USO shows. She hoped to enter grand opera; she did take lessons and gave concert recitals. Her last public appearance, singing "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life", was at the funeral of Louis B. Mayer. She suffered heart ailments and, after an arterial transplant in 1963, died of a heart attack in Houston in 1965. Emotionally tearful, but polite crowds listened to a recording of "Ah, Sweet Mystery" at her Forest Lawn funeral, which was attended by Hollywood celebrities ranging from Mary Pickford and Charles (Buddy) Rogers to Nelson Eddy, Irene Dunne, and Ronald Reagan.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Harry Mann was born on 30 September 1893 in Russia. He was an actor and writer, known for Whiz and Whiskers (1919), Where Is My Dog? (1920) and The Abysmal Brute (1923). He died on 14 January 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Emily Massey was born on 8 June 1888 in Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Without Love (1945). She died on 14 January 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jack O'Donnell was born on 15 April 1886 in Norwalk, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for King for a Night (1933), The Sap from Syracuse (1930) and The Gentleman from Arizona (1939). He died on 14 January 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
Charles Delac was born on 2 July 1885 in Mascara, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was a producer and production manager, known for A Man's Head (1933), Ladies' Paradise (1930) and La dame aux camélias (1912). He died on 14 January 1965 in Paris, France.