[Bounci]

A minor clip from the Pre-Code era, but one that was lurking about in my folder that I felt shouldn't be wasted. This video comes from the film One Hour With You (1932) and stars Jeanette MacDonald, who is getting ready in her bedroom for a party she is throwing later that night, and answers the telephone in just a thin negligee. The scene itself has a amusing twist that I shan't reveal so as not to spoil the scene, but is clearly Pre-Code in it's punchline. But what's more intriguing is noticing that Jeanette's negligee is somewhat see through and you can see her breasts under her top. The nightingale voiced Jeanette made 4 Pre-Code films with Maurice Chevalier (this is one of them) that are well worth checking out, but she is best remembered for her partnership on (and off) screen in a number of enjoyable musicals with Nelson Eddy, though they never married. She died in 1965, aged 61, and Nelson Eddy just 2 years later.