Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy MAYTIME Czaritza clip

One of the most powerful love scenes ever filmed was Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the climax of "Maytime," the highest-grossing movie worldwide of 1937. It's a love story of a young opera diva (MacDonald)who marries her voice teacher (John Barrymore, Drew's grandpa) out of respect despite a 1-day fling with a young baritone (Eddy) who stole her heart. Years pass...now middle-aged, MacDonald is accidentally co-starred with Eddy. Their suppressed passion erupts during a love scene in a live Russian opera performance ("Czaritza," based on Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony). They kiss...and kiss...and kiss while her jealous husband (Barrymore) watches and seethes, finally understanding why his frigid wife could never love him. Watch the entire clip...and then find the movie either on TCM or from Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/maytime1937 - to see how the story ends. For more information on the film, check out http://www.maceddy.com/page.html?id=4 or our blog at http://tinyurl.com/maytime-vs-titanic, to read a comparison between MAYTIME and TITANIC. Entertainment Weekly - you surely missed one of the 50 Sexiest Movies Ever!

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[joeblowsnose]

thank you so much...not a lot of romance left in this world.

[alfrankenisajerk]

Thanks for the video. Wonderful to watch these two. I just love their singing and acting together. Sadly their performances are not available on DVD.

[OURCHARLEY]

POWERFUL! LOVE IS A VERY POWERFUL EMOTION!

[chrissy1095]

My mom used to drive me crazy with these two when I was a kid. I used to roll my eyes up. But later, as she got older and more and more ill, I used to play them for her and I got interested myself. This is my favorite scene. I love it. The shoe was on the other foot as I replayed this over and over again and I think I drove HER crazy. She's gone now and I would give everything I have to sit with her one more time and watch them. Cherish your parents while you still have them.

[jgwbud]

Proof is what would stand up in a court of law. No such evidence exists. Homosexuality is a perversion of nature and exists in the animal world only if the animal is caged. It is morally decadent behavior and is condemned by almost every religion in history. Tchaikovsky was a musical genius of the first order and this has nothing to do with his morality or lack thereof.

[jakobvonmuhlebach]

@jgwbud How DARE you say that. Homosexuality is not a perversion nor a defamation. It is as peverse as having blue eyes. It exists in the animal kingdom, and saying there is no evidence for Tchaikovsky's homosexuality makes me wonder what you would consider evidence. Shame on you for not accepting such a genius as he was, and rewriting history as suits your narrow mindedness.

[Betterhalf50]

Absolutely incredible. A friend works in Hollywood writing music scores. He's 37. I sent him this as I wanted is reaction. He was stunned. He said it was amazing.

I can't watch it without tears. They loved each other. That wasn't acting in that scene, it was real life.

[jgwbud]

@flyboytim Not true, my friend. Czaritza is found in several dictionaries. But your worst error and one that is almost unforgivable is to accuse a man of perversion who is dead and can not defend himself. There is not and never has been any true evidence that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Shame on your for defaming such a wonderful composer who has left to mankind such beautiful music.

[flyboytim]

Absolutely divine. A few facts. No such opera ever existed. it was a Hollywood concoction that worked beautifully. No such word as Czaritza. A female Czar is a Czarena or Tsarina. Who cares, I know. All the beautiful music is a mash up of his divine symphonies. No one wrote a romantic melody like Tchaikowsky. And he was Gay. Have a look at the Great Waltz with the heavenly Militza Korjus and the song, One day when we were young. Sometimes they get it so right.

Cheers