Alice Faye Ranked
by rmailander | created - 19 Feb 2020 | updated - 19 Feb 2020 | PublicA ranking of Alice Faye's film performances.
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1. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Music, Musical
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman
Votes: 2,320
2. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
Approved | 99 min | Musical
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari
Votes: 559 | Gross: $3.40M
3. On the Avenue (1937)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with the producer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers
Votes: 657
4. Lillian Russell (1940)
Passed | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold
Votes: 580
5. In Old Chicago (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Musical
The O'Leary brothers--honest Jack and roguish Dion--become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
Votes: 2,628
6. That Night in Rio (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 932
7. 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant
Votes: 176
8. Week-End in Havana (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nan Spencer is on a boat bound for Havana which runs aground. The man sent to rescue her is engaged and she doesn't understand his disinterest. Monte Blanca is interested, to the annoyance of his girlfriend.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 734
9. Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy
Votes: 148
10. King of Burlesque (1936)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Mona Barrie
Votes: 230
11. George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Vacationing Broadway producer George White stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram and, seeing his name in lights on a local theater, is scandalized over the unauthorized use. ... See full summary »
Directors: George White, Harry Lachman, James Tinling | Stars: Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 189
12. Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A singer becomes a star in the Ziegfeld Follies, but her marriage to a con man has a bad effect on her career.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley
Votes: 666
13. Music Is Magic (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Aging star (Daniels) finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus (Faye).
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alice Faye, Ray Walker, Bebe Daniels, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 140
14. Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne
Votes: 564
15. You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Music, Romance
Hal Adams tries to win the heart of Broadway star Betty Bradley.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Alice Faye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, Charles Winninger
Votes: 145
16. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley
Votes: 1,590
17. Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Manicurists Sally, Irene, and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 133
18. The Gang's All Here (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman
Votes: 2,059
19. Every Night at Eight (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After being fired from their jobs, three friends decide to enter an amateur contest at a radio station.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 188
20. Now I'll Tell (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Golden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his... See full summary »
Director: Edwin J. Burke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler
Votes: 246
21. Fallen Angel (1945)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford
Votes: 6,512
22. Stowaway (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Musical
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,485
23. You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals George Macrae over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger
Votes: 275
24. George White's Scandals (1934)
Passed | 1 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy ... See full summary »
Directors: Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George White | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames
Votes: 107
25. Wake Up and Live (1937)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 159
26. Barricade (1939)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In China in the 1930s a singer (Faye) and journalist (Baxter) meet on a train attacked by bandits.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 156
27. Every Girl Should Have One (1978)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
A million-dollar diamond theft involving unlikely thieves, zany lovers and a fast-talking maid sets this comedy caper zooming from sophisticated discos to exciting chase scenes all in a spirit of good, innocent fun.
Director: Robert Hyatt | Stars: Zsa Zsa Gabor, John Lazar, Sandra Vacey, Robert Alda
Votes: 53
28. Tail Spin (1939)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis
Votes: 241
29. State Fair (1962)
120 min | Musical, Romance
A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret
Votes: 1,329 | Gross: $7.63M
30. Little Old New York (1940)
Approved | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton shows up in New York in 1807. Tavern keeper believes in him, but her boyfriend doesn't. All seems lost when sailors afraid of losing their jobs burn his boat.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce
Votes: 263
31. The Magic of Lassie (1978)
G | 100 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Lassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all the way from Colorado to California. Her loving owner is looking for her too.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist
Votes: 674
32. Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
PG | 92 min | Comedy
In 1924, Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress but the dog that followed her becomes the star. Hollywood has its own rules of success.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Shecky Greene, Phil Leeds, Cliff Norton
Votes: 762
33. She Learned About Sailors (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of the opinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Lew Ayres, Alice Faye, Harry Green, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 64
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