Rudy Vallee
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.681 |
| Birthday | 1901-07-28 |
| Place of Birth | Island Pond, Vermont, USA |
| Also Known As | Hubert Prior Vallée, |
1933
International House
5.3/17
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house...
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International House
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
6.3/30
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, de...
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1946
People Are Funny
5.2/5
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to...
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People Are Funny
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
6.827/55
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1942
The Palm Beach Story
7.024/187
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an...
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The Palm Beach Story
1948
Unfaithfully Yours
7.2/115
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his...
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Unfaithfully Yours
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
6.931/124
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sist...
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1948
I Remember Mama
7.052/58
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who re...
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I Remember Mama
1939
Second Fiddle
5/5
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
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Second Fiddle
1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
6.1/6
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
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The Admiral Was a Lady
1970
The Phynx
3.5/8
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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The Phynx
1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
5.5/28
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
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Live a Little, Love a Little
1948
My Dear Secretary
5.9/20
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppoint...
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My Dear Secretary
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
5.8/13
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news f...
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1958
Hansel and Gretel
0/0
Musical adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story broadcast as a live television special on NBC.
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Hansel and Gretel
1941
Time Out for Rhythm
6.2/6
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.
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Time Out for Rhythm
1948
So This Is New York
6/5
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of t...
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So This Is New York
1975
Slashed Dreams
2.9/11
A couple on vacation in the woods is stalked by a pair of rapists.
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Slashed Dreams
1949
Mother Is a Freshman
0/0
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The...
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Mother Is a Freshman
1949
Father Was a Fullback
6/1
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and...
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Father Was a Fullback
1931
Betty Co-ed
4.5/4
A young dog calls on Betty but fraternity hazers kidnap him. With a Bouncing Ball, Rudy Vallee sings the title tune.
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Betty Co-ed
1932
Rudy Vallee Melodies
3.75/4
Betty Boop, trying to keep a party lively, is aided by Rudy Vallee, who comes to live-action life from a sheet music cover and sings several songs wit...
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Rudy Vallee Melodies
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
5.5/2
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetar...
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Gold Diggers in Paris
1929
Glorifying the American Girl
5.5/13
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the late...
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Glorifying the American Girl
1934
George White's Scandals
5/7
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she h...
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George White's Scandals
1943
Happy Go Lucky
4/1
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
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Happy Go Lucky
1944
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
4/3
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military.
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11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
1929
The Vagabond Lover
4/5
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.
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The Vagabond Lover
1935
Sweet Music
5.7/3
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.
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Sweet Music
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
8/4
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1945
Man Alive
5.1/5
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
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Man Alive
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10/1
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
5.2/8
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
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The Helen Morgan Story
1950
The Golden Twenties
0/0
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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The Golden Twenties
1940
Rodeo Dough
5.3/3
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
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Rodeo Dough
1945
It's in the Bag!
5/5
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
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It's in the Bag!
1955
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
5.2/16
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to...
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
1941
Too Many Blondes
0/0
The plot centers on a husband-wife radio team, Dick (Rudy Vallee) and Virginia (Helen Parrish). When Dick is caught in an innocent but compromising si...
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Too Many Blondes
1980
Men Who Rate a 10
0/0
Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men whose sex appeal transcends age and the ages.
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Men Who Rate a 10
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
0/0
Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Flor...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1954
Ricochet Romance
7/1
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces...
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Ricochet Romance
1935
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
5.2/5
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casti...
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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Breakdowns of 1938
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
5/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
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Things You Never See on the Screen
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1946
The Fabulous Suzanne
5/2
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the rest...
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The Fabulous Suzanne
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
6/1
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1956
Jazz Ball
7/1
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Jazz Ball
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
6/1
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1931
Kitty from Kansas City
4.5/5
Sun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball.
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Kitty from Kansas City
2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
0/0
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. O...
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
1932
The Musical Doctor
0/0
Rudy Vallee cures patients at Dr. Vallee's Musical Hospital by means of music.
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The Musical Doctor
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's
5.6/20
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Da...
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The Night They Raided Minsky's
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.1/15
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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