Sweethearts (book)
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| Author | Sharon Rich |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Dutton Adult(first edition) |
Publication date | October 19, 1994 (Hardcover) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & E-book |
| Pages | 496 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-55611-407-6 (first edition) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 31185513 |
| 791.43/028/092 B 20 | |
| LC Class | ML420.M135 R53 1994 |
Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair On screen and Off Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy is biographical book by Sharon Rich. First published in hardback in 1994 by Donald I. Fine, Inc., the book covers the relationship of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Rich drew heavily on Eddy's mother, who had kept Eddy's diaries and letters.[1] Sweethearts was updated and re-published by Bell Harbour Press in 2001 and again in 2014 when the extended 20th Anniversary edition was released both in softcover and ebook.[2] In June 2014 the Sweethearts 20th Anniversary edition was #14 on Amazon's best seller list.[3]
Reception
The book's launch party was at the Amercican Film Institute and where their Preview magazine called it "That rarity among star bios, an absorbingly written, exhaustively researched, and fully sourced work."[4] Mike Tribby in Booklist wrote: "One of Hollywood’s least well-kept secrets. Rich examines that relationship and the intertwined personal and professional lives of the great screen duo exhaustively and, as she does, also brings to life an incredible supporting cast of stars, moguls and flacks from Hollywood’s golden years…. Rich affords a long, exciting, revealing look at two of the most important screen personalities of the 1930s. Vital reading to anyone interested in film history, Hollywood, or popular culture."[1] The Los Angeles Times called the book "controversial"[5] while Kirkus Reviews said: "This biography of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy reveals lives as melodramatic and star-crossed as one of their movies without the happy ending. A bonanza for MacDonald/Eddy fans, a pan full of nuggets for aficionados of Hollywood and MGM[1]. Harry Bowman in The Dallas Morning News wrote "This dual biography of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy is a surprisingly interesting look at two people so wrapped up in make-believe that they began taking it seriously. Ms. Rich…reveals they had an off-screen romance that was even more torrid and intense than the ones the public paid millions to see."<ref> The Dallas Morning News
References
- ^ a b c "Sweethearts by Sharon Rich". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ The 2014 edition is 612 pages in softcover, published by Bell Harbour Press, isbn 978-0-9903230-0-6. The E-book edition isbn is 978-0-9903230-1-3.
- ^ http://sharonrich.com/2014/06/new-sweethearts-edition-on-amazons-best-seller-list/ |Amazon screenshot
- ^ AFI Preview Magazine, September 1994
- ^ Halpern, Frances (February 2, 1995). "Biography Takes New Look at Famous Duo : Author Sharon Rich tells of longtime love affair between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy". The Los Angeles Times.
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