Naughty Marietta (1935)

Jeannette MacDonald is certainly a talented singer, but her voice isn’t of a type that appeals to me. In this film, she’s a European princess who, in order to avoid an arranged marriage, flees on a ship of casquette girls to America. There she meets pirates, gypsies, and a mercenary played by Nelson Eddy whom she falls in love with. The majority of the story is rather yawn-worthy and the songs just feel thrown in to show off MacDonald and Eddy’s voices, offering little flow with the story itself. 

Oscar Winner: Best Sound, Recording

Oscar Nomination: Best Picture