Maytime

A very fragile lace valentine, admittedly, but performed with the conviction and style to make it work. Based on a Sigmund Romberg-Rida Johnson Young operetta that was so popular that two productions of it ran simultaneously on Broadway in 1917, MAYTIME returned its $1.5 million price tag five time en route to becoming the 1937 box-office champion. The third Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald pairing, it was also reputedly the actress's personal favorite, because the famed duo had so much more to do than sing and were finally able to prove their depth as actors. At a May Day celebration in 1906, Miss Morrison (MacDonald), an aged woman, meets Kip (Brown), whose fiancee...