April 17, 2024
Alice Faye, Hollywood Screen Goddess,In Old Chicago ? Studio Photo
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Alice Faye, Hollywood Screen Goddess, In Old Chicago ? Studio Photostunning studio portraitof Hollywood actressAlice Fayepossibly taken by Ray Jonesbut not stamped on the backthis may be for the movie In Old Chicago?11 x14 inch on heavy photo paperBorn Alice Jeane Leppert in New York City , she was the daughter of a New York police officer of German descent, Charles Leppert, and his Irish-American wife, Alice (née Moffit) Leppert. She was raised an Episcopalian . Faye's entertainment career began in vaudeville as a chorus girl (she failed an audition for the Earl Carroll Vanities when it was revealed she was too young), before she moved to Broadway and a featured role in the 1931 edition of George White's Scandals . By this time, she had adopted her stage name and first reached a radio audience on Rudy Vallée 's The Fleischmann HourFaye got her first major film break in 1934, when Lilian Harvey abandoned the lead role in a film version of George White's 1935 Scandals , in which Vallee was also to appear. Hired first to perform a musical number with Vallee, Faye ended up as the female lead. She became a hit with film audiences of the 1930s, particularly when Fox production head Darryl F. Zanuck made her his protégée.Ray Jones, who was the head of the portrait photography department. Unique in his longevity at one studio, the career
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