Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald (Paperback)

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART ONE. BORN TO SING
1. "Now everybody's got to clap!"
2. Scandals
3· Twinkling Stars and Four-Leaf Clovers
4· A Fair Princess on Broadway

PART TWO. LINGERIE QUEEN OF THE TALKIES
5· Lubitsch and Chevalier
6. Only a Nose
7· Vive la France!
8. Mr. Mayer and the Widow

PART THREE. HOLLYWOOD DIVA
9· An All-American Team
IO. The Iron Butterfly
II. Hollywood Diva
12. Middlebrow Muse
13. The Soprano Militant

PART FOUR. ECHOES OF SWEET SONG
14. Battles Operatic
I5. A Graceful Exit
I6. Distress Signals
I7. "Carve your name in human hearts"
18. "Just the echo of a sigh"

Afterword
Stage Credits
Film Credits
Principal Recording Sessions
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index