Friends! I, Rebekah Brannan, co-founder of PEPS, have had very little to do with the writing of articles on PEPS up until now. My first solo participation was “Ring of Love:” An Original Movie from 1940 by Rebekah Brannan, for the Great Breening Blogathon. As many of you may have gathered from the subject of my article, I am a great fan of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, the Singing Sweethearts of the Silver Screen. So, for my first major participation in PEPS, I am hosting a blogathon honoring this team, one of the greatest pairings in Hollywood history. It will run from February 12-14, 2018, since, what better time is there to honor the Singing Sweethearts than on Valentine’s Day? Click here to see the complete roster.
Although this grand pair only made eight movies together, they also made many great movies separately, such as Nelson Eddy’s brilliant Let Freedom Ring (1939) and Balalaika (1939), or Jeanette MacDonald’s sparkling Broadway Serenade (1939) and San Francisco (1936). In this blogathon, any fan of these two magnificent nightingales of the Screen can write about one of their glorious pairings, one of the marvelous films they made separately, or an original idea for a movie they could have made together!
Here are the Rules of the Singing Sweethearts Blogathon:
- You may write about any film which features one or both of the Singing Sweethearts, or you may write the outline of a movie which they could have made together.
- You may also write about a non-film aspect of there careers, such as their opera careers, their participation in World War II, or their radio careers.
- Because the subject of this blogathon is largely the Singing Sweethearts’ movies together, of which there are only eight, I am putting no limit on duplicates. This will present an interesting collage of contrasting opinions.
- I must ask that, in this blogathon, all participants discuss only their on-screen romance and relationship. Although I know it is tempting to discuss their personal lives and relationships, I wish this to be an entirely on-screen blogathon. You can discuss their marvelous chemistry, and their excellent interaction to a point. I mainly want to avoid discussion of their alleged affair, since the extent of their relationship is largely debatable. In conclusion, let’s keep this blogathon entirely Code compliant!
In conclusion, I hope that everyone of you, our friends and supporters, will be as excited about this as I am and will want to write article honoring this wonderful team! I am extremely appreciative and thankful for all the kind people who participated in the Great Breening Blogathon, as well as those who wanted to but were too busy. I hope that they all will be able to participate in my Singing Sweethearts Blogathon and will enjoy it as much as I will. So, ring the assembly bell and gather in the town square. Here comes the Singing Sweethearts Blogathon!
Here are the banners for the blogathon. Please choose one and put it in your article.
If you are writing about one of the Singing Sweethearts’ glorious pairings, please use one of these two banners:
If you are writing about one of the movies they made separately, please use one of these:
If you are writing about an original idea for a movie they could have made together, please use this banner, since it features a picture from Farewell to Dreams, a movie they were going to make together which was never completed.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would advertise the blogathon on your websites and on social media with these banners.
Here is the roster so far:
- Rebekah Brannan of PEPS: New Moon (1940)
- Tiffany Brannan of PEPS: San Francisco (1936) and Robert Z. Leonard’s Movies with the Singing Sweethearts
- James Brannan of PEPS: The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
- Promise E. Pope: Forever They’ll Be Sweethearts
- Christina Wehner: Bitter Sweet (1940)
- Katherine of In the Vintage Kitchen: Three Daring Daughters (1948)
- Phyllis of Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: Rose Marie (1936)
- Crystal Kalyana of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood: San Francisco (1936)
- Charlene of Charlene’s (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews: Love Me Tonight (1932)
- Jenni of Portraits by Jenni: The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
- Katrina Morrison of Life’s Daily Lessons: The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
- Constance Rose Metzinger of Silver Scenes: The Student Prince (1939) and Naughty Marietta (1935)
- Rebecca Deniston of Taking Up Room: San Francisco (1936)
- Moody Moppet: The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- Davide Mana of Karavansava: The Merry Widow (1934)
- Paul Batters of Silver Screen Classics: Maytime (1937)
- Blogferatu: The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- Amanda Garrett of Old Hollywood Films: MacDonald and Eddy’s Top Five Musical Moments
Thank you!
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Sorry, I’m so late but I finally got my article done for Old Hollywood Films
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2018/02/old-hollywood-top-five-nelson-eddy.html
Thanks for hosting
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Dear Amanda,
We’re so glad that you were able to write your article. I just read it, and I really enjoyed it. You put a lot into your song choices. I’m sorry that I didn’t respond sooner. I left for Louisiana the day you submitted your article, but I am back now, and I am going to add it to the roster now. Thank you so much for participating!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Phantom Of The Opera post is up! Thanks for having me! https://blogferatu.com/2018/02/14/a-cynics-look-at-phantom-of-the-opera-1943/
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Hi Tiffany and Rebekah–here’s my post: https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/san-francisco/ Thanks again for your help–the picture turned out great!
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Dear Rebecca,
I read your article, and it’s wonderful! thank you so much for your participation. I’ll send you the roster as soon as I publish it!
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Great–thanks, Rebekah!
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Dear Rebecca,
Thanks again for your participation! I really enjoyed your wonderful article!
I just posted the roster; you can read it here: https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/ring-the-assembly-bell-the-singing-sweethearts-blogathon-has-arrived/.
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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You’re very welcome, Rebekah, and thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to reading everyone else’s entrys as well, especially the other two of “San Francisco”. 🙂
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My post is up for the Singing Sweethearts. Here’s the link:https://portraitsbyjenni.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/for-the-singing-sweethearts-blogathon-the-girl-of-the-golden-west/
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Dear Jenni,
Thanks! I’ll read your post right away, and I’ll send you the roster as soon as I publish it!
Thanks for your participation!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Jenni,
I read your article, and it’s just wonderful! I hope that we’ll have more great articles like this for the blogathon!
Thanks for your participation!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Jenni,
Thank you again for your article! I enjoyed reading it and am very appreciative of your participation.
I just posted the roster; you can read it here: https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/ring-the-assembly-bell-the-singing-sweethearts-blogathon-has-arrived/.
Enjoy!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hi Rebekah. Seems I took the wrong route to signing onto this event – but here I am! Leaving things very late but would like to sign on to do Maytime (1937). Looking forward to seeing this film for the first time and reviewing it. Best regards, Paul from Silver Screen Classics.
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Dear Paul,
I’m very glad that you’ve signed up. You may write about “Maytime” by all means. This is one of Jeanette and Nelson’s best films, and you’re the first person to sign up for it. It indeed deserves to be honored, so I’m looking forward to your article about it! I will put you down on the roster right away!
Thank you very much for your participation!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hi!
I’m terribly late, but if there’s still a slot, I’d like to cover “The Merry Widow” (1934), on my blog, Karavansara.live.
Let me know if it’s all right.
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Dear David,
By all means! I greatly appreciate your participation. It means a great deal to me to have another Jeanette MacDonald fan join my blogathon! The blogathon runs from Monday to Wednesday, so you can post your article on any of those days. By the way, since you are writing about a film with just Jeanette MacDonald, please use the banner which contains a picture of her from “The Firefly.” I’ll put you down on the roster right away!
Many thanks and good wishes!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Davide,
I added you to the roster! I’d like to thank you again for joining the blogathon. It looks like your our first male participant, so it will be interesting to get some masculine input. Good luck with your article, I’ll look forward to seeing it!
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Ah, what responsibility!
I’ll try and do a good show.
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Dear Davide,
Thank you! I hope I didn’t put too much pressure on you. If I did, I assure you it was completely unintentional!
Thanks again for joining!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Davide,,
I was just wondering if you know when you’ll be able to submit your article. We are extending the time to submit an article to the end of the week, and we would love to have your article as soon as it’s ready.
I look forward to seeing your thoughts on “The Merry Widow.”
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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It’s been actually up since monday!
It’s here:
https://karavansara.live/2018/02/12/singing-sweethearts-blogathon-the-merry-widow-1934/
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Dear Davide,
Thank you for publishing your article so promptly in the time limits. I’m sorry that we didn’t put it on the roster earlier; I didn’t know you’d published it yet. I’ll put you on the roster now. Thank you for participating. It’s an excellent article!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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I’ll take you up on that offer, Rebekah. I’ll be reviewing Phantom of the Opera 🙂
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Thank you so much for joining! It means a lot to us. The blogathon starts on February 12 and ends on the 14th. You can post any day before or during those dates. Rebekah will be so happy that someone has finally decided to review “The Phantom of the Opera!”
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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My pleasure! I hope it’s a good one 🙂
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Dear Moody Moppet,
I’m awfully glad that you’re going to write about “Phantom of the Opera,” since I invited a lot of people to, but no one else took me up on it. I look forward to seeing your article!
Thanks again for joining!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Moody Moppet,
I just wanted to send you a little reminder note about the banners. Since you’re writing about a movie which only features Nelson Eddy, please use the fourth banner in my announcement, which feature a picture of Nelson by himself.
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hey Rebekah
I’m truly sorry, but i don’t believe I’ll make it to posting my article by the 14th. It’s been a crazy week and i barely had any time to watch anything… 😖 could i post a little later this week? Again, my apologies…
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We understand. As long as you post it during this week, we’d love to include you. We’re excited to read your thoughts on “Phantom of the Opera!”
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Will do! Thanks 😊
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Hey. Would I be able to change my topic? Could I do “San Francisco” instead of “Naughty Marietta”. I was meaning to order “Naughty Marietta” online when I first registered for the blogathon, but a lot has happened since then, and the only films I have access to are: San Francisco and Maytime, and I’ve written about Maytime before.
I hope this is alright.
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Dear Crystal,
That will be fine. “San Francisco” is a wonderful example of Jeanette’s talents, as well as being a fine Code film.
Thank you very much for your participation, I really appreciate it!
Many thanks!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Thanks so much Rebecca. I look forward to writing about it. I also announced another blogathon myself the other day, and would love to invite you to participate. Here is the link below with more details.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/announcing-the-third-annual-bette-davis-blogathon/
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Oh, I love Eddy and Macdonald so definitely put me down for Naughty Marietta – and if I have time I may do a re-casting of The Student Prince with Eddy/MacDonald in the lead roles. – Constance ( Silver Scenes )
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Dear Constance,
I’m very glad that you will be able to join us for the Singing Sweethearts Blogathon! I will put you on the roster for “Naughty Marietta” right away.
If you are able to write your second article, we will be thrilled to see your new casting of “The Student Prince.”
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hello, Rebekah! Thank you so much for the invitation to join this blogathon! i checked this blogathon is right around the time of The Fourth Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon would love do a tribute to them likely for my blog in future but cannot take part in this event as so close to other event. I would love to do such in the future in another Blogathon do keep me in mind. I will watch this event closely
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Dear Joey,
Thank you for looking at my article and following us! We appreciate your support. I appreciated your kind response. I hope you will enjoy reading the articles for this blogathon. We look forward to interacting more with you in the near future!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hello, Rebekah!
Thank you so much for the invitation to join this blogathon! I haven’t seen any movies with Jeanette MacDonald or Nelson Eddy in them, but if I do soon I will be sure to participate!
Even if I don’t, I will love reading all the entries.
Thanks again!
MovieCritic
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Thank you for responding! If you decide to join, we’ll be happy to have you!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear MovieCritic,
I was just wondering if you know whether or not you’ll be able to participate in the “Singing Sweethearts Blogathon.” If you find that you will be able to participate, please let me know so I can put you down on the roster!
I know that you probably still haven’t seen any of their movies, but if you have, we’d love for you to join us!
Please let me know if you can participate. The blogathon is drawing near, and I have few participants, so I would greatly appreciate a contribution from you.
Many thanks and good wishes!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Sadly, I can’t, but I will love reading all the other posts!
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Thank you for responding! I understand your being busy. I hope your enjoy reading the other articles.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Hi, there! This is Amanda from Old Hollywood FIlms. I would like to write a post about Eddy and MacDonald’s top five musical moments.
This is my only blogathon around this time, so I should be able to get this one done (last time I had three in the same week).
Thanks!
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Dear Amanda,
I’m so glad you will be able to participate. This sounds like it will be a wonderful article and a splendid contribution to the blogathon.
Thank you very much!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Amanda,
Hello! I was just wondering if you know when you’ll be able to send me your article on Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy’s top five musical moments. We are extending our time to submit articles to the end of the week, and we’d love to have your article whenever it’s ready.
I’ll look forward to seeing what you consider their best five moments!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Thank you for the kind invitation. I will write about Girl of the Golden West.
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Dear Jenni,
Thank you very much for joining! I’m very glad you are going to write about “Girl of the Golden West,” since it is one of my favorites, and certainly deserves praise. I’m sure your article will be a swell contribution to the blogathon! I’ll put you down on the roster right away.
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Jenni,
Thanks again! I will put you down on the roster right away!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hello! This looks like an exciting blogathon! Would I please be able to write about “Love Me Tonight”? It is one of my all-time favourite musicals, and also very groundbreaking in the musical genre. Please let me know and thanks!
Charlene
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Dear Charlene,
Thank you so much for your request. You’re the first person to join without my personally inviting you and I greatly appreciate that you want to join without being requested.
I got a DVD of “Love Me Tonight” for Christmas, which I have yet to watch, but I hope I’ll enjoy it as much as you do.
I would be very glad to have you write about “Love Me Tonight” for the blogathon, since it will be our first entry about a film with only one of the Singing Sweethearts, and you will surely write a charming article!
Thank you very much for offering your talents to my blogathon!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Thanks so much! I hope you love “Love Me Tonight” as much as I do! Excited to participate 🙂
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Dear Charlene,
I was just wondering if you know when you’ll be able to submit your article. We are extending the time to submit an article to the end of the week, and we would love to have your article as soon as it’s ready.
I look forward to seeing your thoughts on “Love Me Tonight.”
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Charlene,
I wanted you to know that I added you to the roster. I’ll look forward to having your article in the blogathon!
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Rebekah, thank you for your kind invitation. Sadly I know absolutely nothing about Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, the Singing Sweethearts, so I will have to decline.
I wish you the best of luck with your blogathon. Have a happy Christmas!
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Dear Paul,
Please forgive me for not responding to you sooner. I haven’t been looking at our blog much for the past few days because of the holidays, and this is the first chance I’ve had to respond.
Thank you for your kind reply. I’m very sorry that you can’t join us, since we would have enjoyed having your talents in the blogathon. Although you will not be able to participate because you don’t know about Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, I think you would enjoy their films. I think you might especially enjoy Sweethearts, since it is the only real comedy that they made. To learn about this brilliant team, you can come over during the blogathon and read some of the swell articles we’re going to have in it.
Thank you!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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I’ll take Rose Marie 🙂
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Dear Phyllis,
I’m sorry that I haven’t responded sooner, but I’ve been busy over Christmas and this is the first chance I’ve had to get back to you.
I’m very glad that you’ll be joining us to write about this brilliant film! I think “Rose Marie” is one of their best films! It’s interesting to note that, although this film was not their first one together, their most famous duet, “Indian Love Call,” comes from it.
Thank you very much!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Hey Tiffany. I’ve finally decided on a topic. Please put me down for “Naughty Marietta” ( 1935 ). Thanks.
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I will definitely do Bitter Sweet! I’ve never seen it, but have been wanting to very much. I noticed it has George Sanders, too; always such a great character actor.
Looking forward to this! 🙂
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Dear Christina,
I’m very glad you’re going to watch and review “Bittersweet.” I hope you’ll like it as I do, and I’m sure you’ll write a wonderful article about it! I’ll put you down for “Bittersweet” on the roster right away.
Thanks again!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Dear Christina,
Hello! I’m looking forward to your article about “Bitter Sweet.” I just wanted to send you a little reminder note about the banners. Since you’re writing about a movie with both of the Singing Sweethearts, please use the either the first or second banner, both of which feature a picture of Jeanette and Nelson together
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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Thanks for the invite. Sadly, this blogathon is right around the time of our O Canada Blogathon and I won’t be able to participate. However, please tag me for your next blogathon.
This is a great idea. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy deserve this kind of a tribute.
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Dear Ruth,
It seems that we think similarly, since both of PEPS’s blogathons have been around the same time as yours! I’m sorry you can’t participate, but I understand perfectly. I know that it’s not wise to overload your schedule.
I hope that you’ll be able to participate in our next blogathon, since we would love to have you! Of course, you can always write an article honoring Jeanette and Nelson of your own accord, since they indeed deserve tributes and accolades for their wonderful films!
Joyfully,
Rebekah Brannan
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