Rudy Vallee

🎂 Data nașterii: 1901-07-28 (Island Pond, Vermont, USA)

Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later became a band leader. In the 1920s and early 30s he had a hit radio program, The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour (where he was hated by his cast and crew due to his explosive ego-driven personality). In the early 1930's he was ranked with the likes of Bing Crosby and the tragic Russ Columbo in the Hit Parade. A huge hit on radio in 1933 with his program, initially known as 'The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour,' Vallee was considered a slave driver by his staff. He was known to instigate fist fights with virtually anyone who got on his nerves. During the run of his show he slugged photographers, threw sheet music in the faces of pianists' heads and if provoked, would sock hecklers in the nose. While audiences loved him, he was hated by most of his staff. As a very popular star in night clubs and on records, as well as in movies, he helped other singers like Alice Faye - who was for a while his band singer - and Frances Langford to start their careers. In his early movies he often played the romantic lead, but he switched later to stuffy and comic parts. He also appeared on Broadway. The mid-60's Broadway hit "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" was filmed in 1967 with him in his original Broadway role.

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International House

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

People Are Funny

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

The Palm Beach Story

Unfaithfully Yours

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

I Remember Mama

Second Fiddle

The Admiral Was a Lady

The Phynx

Live a Little, Love a Little

My Dear Secretary

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Hansel and Gretel

Time Out for Rhythm

So This Is New York

Slashed Dreams

Mother Is a Freshman

Father Was a Fullback

Betty Co-ed

Rudy Vallee Melodies

Gold Diggers in Paris

Glorifying the American Girl

George White's Scandals

Happy Go Lucky

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"

The Vagabond Lover

Sweet Music

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Man Alive

Going Hollywood: The '30s

The Golden Twenties

Rodeo Dough

It's in the Bag!

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Too Many Blondes

Men Who Rate a 10

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Ricochet Romance

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

Breakdowns of 1938

Things You Never See on the Screen

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The Fabulous Suzanne

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

Jazz Ball

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Kitty from Kansas City

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

The Musical Doctor

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Radio Rhythm

The Perfect Woman

Campus Sweethearts

Lydia

The Helen Morgan Story