BACKSTORY: Alice Faye gained her first major film break in 1934, when Lilian Harvey abandoned the lead role in a film version of "George White's Scandals (1934), starring Rudy Vallee. Hired first to perform a musical number with Vallee, Faye ended up as the female lead. She began her film career as a Jean Harlow knock-off, complete with platinum hair and a brassy personality to match. In 1935, Fox merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century-Fox. Alice Faye was groomed by new studio head Darryl Zanuck for stardom. As a result of appearing in pictures such as "In Old Chicago," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Rose Of Washington Square," and " Lillian Russell," she became a top box-office draw and queen of the Hollywood musical.
