About this title: The third of MGM's profitable Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy songfests, Maytime opens in the early 20th century, with a young girl arguing with her boyfriend over her wishes to become an opera singer. The girl's neighbor, a lonely old woman whom we gradually recognize as a convincingly "aged" Jeanette MacDonald, tells the girl of her own career in opera. The old lady was once the radiant young diva Marcia Mornay. In 1868 she was the toast of Europe, thanks to the tutelage of her voice instructor Nikolai Nazarov (John Barrymore). He proposes marriage, and Marcia accepts, more out of gratitude ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: MGM
Date: September 1, 1998
UPC:027616060938
Description: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown. Fine in fine packaging. Run time: 132 mins. Originally released: 1937. Like new, no visible wear. read more
Description: Case has light wear. Video in good condition. MGM presents "Maytime", a 1937 film starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia Morney-then the toast of Napoleon III's Paris. One evening, she encounters an American voice student, Paul Allison, and the two unexpectedly fall in love. Unfortunately for her, she has already accepted the marriage proposal of her mentor, Nicolai Nazaroff...2 hours 12 ... read more
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