LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Alice Faye: Rudy Vallee
built 215 days ago
Alice Faye made her film debut in this scandalous pre code musical. Producer White has to deal with crooner Rudy Vallee, Faye, a goofy Jimmy Durante, and Cliff Edwards in between the wild music numbers. Some of the numbers like Durante's blackface bit are shocking today. Quality is a bit lesser on this one, note there are blips in the sound midway through the film.
Source:
Faye's film break occurred in 1933 when Lillian Harvey walked out on the lead role in the movie George White's Scandals. Faye was originally engaged to perform a musical number with Vallee but was elevated to the starring role. She became a popular favourite with cinema audiences of the 1930s, especially from 1936 when producer Darryl F. Zanuck made a deliberate effort to soften her image from that of a wise cracking showgirl. Most often cast in musicals, she was responsible for introducing many popular songs to the hit parade, and although not regarded a serious dramatic actress, she gave what many critics described as her best dramatic performance in In Old Chicago ( 1938 ).
Source:
Cast in musicals most of all, Faye introduced many popular songs to the hit parade. Considered less than serious as an actress and more than serious as a singer, Faye nailed what many critics consider her best acting performance in 1937's In Old Chicago. She more than held her own - in spite of a mild speech impediment - with co-stars such as Vallee, Al Jolson, Charlotte Greenwood, and Edward Everett Horton, as well as leading men such as Don Ameche, Tyrone Power, and John Payne.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Rudy Vallee