doi:10.7916/d8-j7zx-qg38Oral history interview with Jeanette MacDonald, 1959MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalSingersActressesMusicalsPopular musicMotion picturesMacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965Philadelphia childhood; theater association with the Shuberts 1920s; films 1929-49; Hollywood social life 1930s; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dressing rooms; concert performances; entertaining troops World War II; lack of roles for mature women; opinions on musical scene 1959: rock, importance of melodies; reminiscences of Ernst Lubitsch, Louella Parsons, others. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"