Dear Gia and Gio,

     I always wished I could have seen Jeanette in person but it was never to be. But I have many memories of the short time I knew her - a birthday card, a short note, a Christmas card written while she was ill in her last few weeks and received the day before she died, something I treasure. Another measure of the kind of person she was: she took the time to personally write a note in a Christmas card to a young fan even though she was suffering. .... Fay L.

                                               

Here is another photo I'd like to add to my Photo Collection Tribute to Jeanette.  It's probably one of my very favourites of Jeanette taken in 1962 at one of the revival screenings in Los Angeles of the Operetta Series. She has the most beautiful smile, perfectly groomed and dressed - and looking many years younger than her almost 60 years. I think 1962 was her very best year.  .... Fay L.

"Christmas 1962A" was the last Christmas Jeanette and Gene celebrated at Twin Gables as the next year they sold and moved to the Comstock apartments.

Photo of Jeanette with Blossom was taken during her hospital stay in Houston 1963-64. She was only meant to be there for a short while, but she developed pleurisy and was there for several weeks, over Christmas and New Year. Just a further note about the photo of Blossom and Jeanette in the hospital 1963 - the photo (plus there was one of Jeanette on her own) was taken by JMIFC member, Jane Smoot, who lived in Texas, and who was invited over to spend some time with Jeanette. It was detailed in one of the 1964 issues of the Golden Comet. I will try to find that article and email it to you as I'm sure you will be interested to read first hand of an afternoon with Jeanette.

 Photo taken at the Luau Restaurant for the 

JMIFC Clan Clave Banquet July 1962. 

The dinner was hosted - and paid for by ---

 Jeanette and Gene. 

The next four photos were taken by the young fan seated with Jeanette attending a performance of a play  that Gene was appearing in on the East Coast. (1963)

I've attached a couple more photos for you to enjoy. I'm certain they were taken at the rehearsal of Jeanette's 1951 concert at the Robin Hood Dell, which she performed at on numerous occasions.

  Pictures:  1) Jeanette and Gene  -  October 1935 Cocoanut Grove Ambassador  *  2) Jeanette Bridal Shower (Jeanette, Mother, sister Blossom sitting) * 3)  Gene and Jeanette -  Honeymoon 1937.

 Pictures: 1)  Nelson, Jeanette, Gene, Jimmy Stewart  at Rose Marie party - 1936 * 2) Anna MacDonald with Gene and Jeanette on set of "The Firefly" - 1937.   It might be of interested to know that in the Bridal Shower photo you can see Nelson's mother Isabel standing behind Anna.  And the photo of Jeanette, Anna  and Gene on the Firefly set was taken at the Tea given in honour of Jeanette and Gene's wedding - a sort of bridal shower I suppose. * 3)  Jeanette and Gene and friends at Party-1936.

 Pictures: 1) Gene backstage with Jeanette - 1956 Kansas City - " King and I "    2) Jeanette 1957 Concert Tour

Below 6 photos are taken of Jeanette in her dressing room when she was appearing in  "The King & I" at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, 1956.  Jeanette was extraordinarily good to her fans and this is another proof of  that generosity. Aren't we lucky to have these wonderful photos?

These photos above were taken in May 1962 at Twin Gables by Ken Richards who visited with Jeanette for the day. The first photo is of Ken with Jeanette. The second one of Jeanette sitting on the couch was one she particularly liked  and had b&w prints done for the Golden Comet. I think it looks beautiful in colour. In fact, they're all beautiful photos.

This series of photos above were taken by Ken Richards around 1958 in NY, it must have been getting close to Easter as Jeanette ordered some flowers to be

sent to the girls' families - one of the girls is Ann and the other is, I think, her protégée.

Pictures: 1) Jeanette and Tauber * 2) Jeanette,  Lubitsch-Olympic * 3) October 10, 1942 - Mosque Theatre, NJ * 4) Jeanette backstage * 5) Jeanette on "What's My Line" December, 1952.

 Pictures: 1) Nelson during scene break - Maytime * 2)  Nelson, Lily Pons, Jeanette, W. S. Van Dyke II.

Pictures: 1)  Nelson and Jeanette - The Girl of the Golden West * 3) Jeanette - I Married An Angel * 4) Nelson, Dumbrille and Jeanette - I Married an Angel -1942.   

Jeanette and Herman Bing

Rose Marie - 1936      

Jeanette and Nelson funning with

  camera on stage

Jeanette, Bob Montgomery, Nelson 

on Maytime set having fun-1936 

Lloyd Nolan, Jeanette, Nelson,

 Gene  attending 1955 party

Jeanette and Nelson -  Lux Video TV show in 1956...

Note:  - I believe this was their first TV appearance together

To the best of my knowledge, this

 was from their appearance on the

Patti Paige TV show "The Big Record" in 1957.

Fay L. Note:

 

The photo of Nelson with a "shandy"

was taken in Sydney 1962 on his first visit

to Australia -

A "shandy" is a half beer, half lemonade -

 Don't know if you have this in the US?

 

Hosts comments:

Thanks Fay for enlightening us,

it sure sounds good on a hot summer day!

      When we were having our photos taken with Nelson - I was introduced as his youngest club member and he seemed quite pleased with that and promptly put his arm around me! - Edna told Nelson that she had first discovered him in India in 1935 - her father was a Jeanette fan and they would walk 2 miles to the cinema and 2 miles back to see one of her films. When she first saw "Naughty Marietta" she was instantly smitten with Captain Warrington. When she told him she'd seen the film more than 250 times since then he couldn't believe that anyone would want to "see such a greenhorn"! He was quite amazed with her dedication! What a fantastic day that was, then to see him perform his nightclub act - twice in the one night. Fay L.