- Gebundene Ausgabe: 313 Seiten
- Verlag: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Oktober 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1578062101
- ISBN-13: 978-1578062102
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 15,7 x 2,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.206.607 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Alice Faye's sweet demeanour yet sultry glances and velvet voice were here signature. Her haunting rendition of You'll Never Know has never been surpassed. Fans adored her in Alexander's Ragtime Band, Rose of Washington Square, Tin Pan Alley, and Weekend in Havana. In the 1930s-40s she reigned as queen of 20th Century Fox musicals. In 1940 she was voted no.1 box office attraction, ahead of Bette Davis and Myrna Loy. Yet, at the pinnacle of her career in 1945 she stunned the film world and flabbergasted Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck by walking out.
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Alice Faye's sweet demeanour yet sultry glances and velvet voice were here signature. Her haunting rendition of You'll Never Know has never been surpassed. Fans adored her in Alexander's Ragtime Band, Rose of Washington Square, Tin Pan Alley, and Weekend in Havana. In the 1930s-40s she reigned as queen of 20th Century Fox musicals. In 1940 she was voted no.1 box office attraction, ahead of Bette Davis and Myrna Loy. Yet, at the pinnacle of her career in 1945 she stunned the film world and flabbergasted Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck by walking out.
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Finally A Book About Alice Faye
12. November 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I was absolutely delighted to see that someone finally took the time to write a book about this lovely lady. Alice Faye was one of the best performers to come out of 20th Century Fox and this book is a long overdue profile of her career as well as a revealing study of her life.
Written with the full cooperation of her daughters Alice and Phyllis, it is surprisingly objective and isn't one of those saccharine biographies often authorized by family members after a person's death. It presents an interesting portrait of Faye. There is the public Alice who was seemingly very accessible to her fans. The private Alice is a woman with a bitingly sarcastic sense of humor who could be a warm and caring friend, but always sort of held back and had few intimate friends.
What I found most interesting was some of the things discussed in the book such as her relationship with Rudy Vallee (where they ever romatically involved?), her interesting yet enduring marriage to Phil Harris (a strange dynamic here, but it worked), her reticence to discuss family history with her kids.....all these elements made her seem a lot more interesting than what appeared on the surface.
While I can't say that this book answers all the questions surrounding Alice Faye, it certainly has made a solid attempt to try to present the facts that are known and letting the reader draw his/her own conclusions.
Written with the full cooperation of her daughters Alice and Phyllis, it is surprisingly objective and isn't one of those saccharine biographies often authorized by family members after a person's death. It presents an interesting portrait of Faye. There is the public Alice who was seemingly very accessible to her fans. The private Alice is a woman with a bitingly sarcastic sense of humor who could be a warm and caring friend, but always sort of held back and had few intimate friends.
What I found most interesting was some of the things discussed in the book such as her relationship with Rudy Vallee (where they ever romatically involved?), her interesting yet enduring marriage to Phil Harris (a strange dynamic here, but it worked), her reticence to discuss family history with her kids.....all these elements made her seem a lot more interesting than what appeared on the surface.
While I can't say that this book answers all the questions surrounding Alice Faye, it certainly has made a solid attempt to try to present the facts that are known and letting the reader draw his/her own conclusions.
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An All-Round Interesting Book
11. März 2003
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Good things do happen to good people! In Ms. Elder's comprehensive biography of Alice Faye's we experience a young girl who emerges from a broken and impoverished home unscarred and loving. Her dreams of becoming a dancer place her in an atmosphere of traveling bands and their leaders, one night stands, and the New York night club scene, and in this atmosphere where so many others lost their ideals, she enjoys the friendship and respect of all her co-workers, male and female, as well as success.. She enters the Hollywood movie arena of the 40's and 50's, where Mr. Zanuck and moguls of the movie studios try to dictate movie roles to her, yet she holds fast to what she inherently knows is correct and triumphs. And when she knows the time is right for her to quit show business and begin a private life, she does so and has many happy years with her family in a good marriage.
Ms. Elder's excellent writing maintains a balance between the career of Ms. Faye and the social and business environment in which she found herself. Indeed, this book gives splendid insight into the world of show business, from the early night club scene in New York to the developing Hollywood movie business with its contract players, radio broadcasts, and the early days of television. Of particular interest is the role of the newspaper reporters and the film magazines, as well as the role of the movie studios' publicity departments.
This is an all-round interesting book, well researched and documented. I felt I really knew Alice by the end of the book, and admired her strength and values.
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More Than Just A Biography
18. Februar 2003
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Alice Faye was an ordinary woman who led an extraordinary life. In this well researched, lucidly written biography, Jane Lenz Elder explores the many contradictions of Alice Faye: her struggles with stage fright and poor self image despite her enormous stage presence and success, her commitment to marriage and family despite a busy professional life, and her courageous willingness to act in her own best interests in a day when performers were expected to conform to the rigid codes of the Hollywood contract system.
But this book is more than just another biography of a silver screen legend. Ms Elder's background as a historian is evident in the detailed background provided. The reader will learn about the difficulties of life in Hell's Kitchen in the early years of the 20th century, how Prohibition created the night club milieu in which Faye developed her skills, and how business was conducted during the heyday of the great Hollywood studio chiefs.
The result is a rich story about a simple woman during one of the most interesting times in Hollywood history.
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