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Alice Faye (1915-1998) was an American actress and singer. In the late 1930s and early 1940s Faye was one of the most popular stars making movies. In the Quigley Publication annual list of most popular stars, Faye was ranked 9th in 1938, 7th in 1939, 13th in 1940, 12th in 1941, 12th in 1943 and 15th in 1944. Faye’s IMDb page shows 39 acting credits from 1935 to 1980. This page will rank Alice Faye movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Alice Faye Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1943
The Gang's All Here (1943)
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
1937
Wake up and Live (1937)
1943
Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
1939
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
1941
Week-End in Havana (1941)
1941
That Night in Rio (1941)
1937
On the Avenue (1937)
1940
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
1936
Stowaway (1936)
1945
Fallen Angel (1945)
1936
King of Burlesque (1936)
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
1936
Sing Baby Sing (1936)
1937
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
1937
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
1939
Tail Spin (1939)
1940
Lillian Russell (1940)
1941
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
1962
State Fair (1962)
1934
Now I'll Tell (1934)
1940
Little Old New York (1940)
1935
Every Night At Eight (1935)
1934
George White's Scandals (1934)
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
1935
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
1934
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
1939
Barricade (1939)
1934
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
1978
The Magic of Lassie (1978)
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Alice Faye Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Alice Faye movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Alice Faye movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Alice Faye movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Alice Faye movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Alice Faye movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Alice Faye movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power | 12.00 | 479.1 | 479.10 | 1 | 75 | 06 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 2 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power | 10.00 | 399.3 | 399.30 | 3 | 68 | 06 / 02 | 97.6 | |
| 3 | The Gang's All Here (1943) | Carmen Miranda & Musicals |
7.10 | 256.7 | 256.70 | 28 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 5 | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | Shirley Temple & Jack Haley |
4.80 | 209.1 | 209.10 | 19 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 5 | Wake up and Live (1937) | Walter Winchell | 5.00 | 207.3 | 207.30 | 21 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 6 | Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) | John Payne | 9.70 | 349.1 | 349.10 | 10 | 64 | 02 / 01 | 94.4 | |
| 7 | Rose of Washington Square (1939) | Tyrone Power & Al Jolson |
6.00 | 231.0 | 231.00 | 19 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 8 | Week-End in Havana (1941) | Carmen Miranda & Musicals |
5.60 | 217.3 | 217.30 | 19 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 11 | That Night in Rio (1941) | Don Ameche | 5.20 | 198.7 | 198.70 | 24 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 10 | On the Avenue (1937) | Dick Powell | 5.20 | 215.6 | 215.60 | 17 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 9 | Tin Pan Alley (1940) | Betty Grable & John Payne |
5.70 | 220.0 | 220.00 | 10 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 92.8 | |
| 12 | Stowaway (1936) | Shirley Temple & Robert Young |
3.50 | 150.9 | 150.90 | 41 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 13 | Fallen Angel (1945) | Linda Darnell & Dana Andrews |
4.20 | 132.1 | 132.10 | 83 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 14 | King of Burlesque (1936) | Warner Baxter | 3.70 | 158.1 | 158.10 | 38 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 15 | Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) | Buster Keaton & Don Ameche |
4.00 | 154.0 | 154.00 | 48 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 16 | Sing Baby Sing (1936) | Adolphe Menjou | 3.30 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 43 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 17 | You Can't Have Everything (1937) | Don Ameche | 3.70 | 151.8 | 151.80 | 54 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 18 | Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) | Betty Grable & Kay Francis |
3.60 | 122.3 | 122.30 | 90 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 20 | You're a Sweetheart (1937) | George Murphy | 3.50 | 145.2 | 145.20 | 60 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 19 | Tail Spin (1939) | Jane Wyman | 3.10 | 117.8 | 117.80 | 73 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 21 | Lillian Russell (1940) | Don Ameche | 2.90 | 110.0 | 110.00 | 52 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 22 | The Great American Broadcast (1941) | Jack Oakie | 3.00 | 113.7 | 113.70 | 83 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 23 | State Fair (1962) | Ann-Margret | 10.00 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 23 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 24 | Now I'll Tell (1934) | Shirley Temple & Spencer Tracy |
1.80 | 83.9 | 83.90 | 66 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 25 | Little Old New York (1940) | Fred MacMurray | 2.60 | 99.0 | 99.00 | 69 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 26 | Every Night At Eight (1935) | George Raft & Walter Wanger |
1.40 | 65.1 | 65.10 | 90 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 26 | George White's Scandals (1934) | Rudy Vallee | 1.40 | 66.4 | 66.40 | 80 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 27 | Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) | Tony Martin | 1.20 | 46.6 | 46.60 | 158 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 29 | George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) | Eleanor Powell | 1.20 | 55.7 | 55.70 | 111 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 59.8 | |
| 30 | 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934) | James Dunn | 1.10 | 50.3 | 50.30 | 107 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 30 | Barricade (1939) | Warren Baxter | 1.10 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 169 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.0 | |
| 32 | She Learned About Sailors (1934) | Lew Ayres | 0.20 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 196 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 33 | The Magic of Lassie (1978) | James Stewart & Mickey Rooney |
4.00 | 18.2 | 18.20 | 88 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 34 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) | Walter Pidgeon & Bruce Dern |
3.60 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Alice Faye
1. Alice Jeanne Leppert was born on May 5, 1915, in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan.
2. Alice Faye introduced almost twice as many ‘Hit Parade‘ songs in her movies (23) as each of her closest competitors: Judy Garland (13), Betty Grable (12) and Doris Day (12).
3. Alice Faye referred to her home studio (20th Century Fox) as “Penitentiary Fox“.
4. Alice Faye was so upset by Darryl F. Zanuck’s editing hack job on Fallen Angel (1945), in order to benefit newcomer Linda Darnell, that she literally walked away from the studio and didn’t return for 16 years.
5. Alice Faye made six movies with Don Ameche. Her thoughts on those movies: “…six films I made with Don and, in every one of them, my voice was deeper than the plot.
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I love Alice Faye
You are just soooooooo awesome dad
I’ve seen 4 Alice Faye movies, they are – In Old Chicago, The Gang’s All Here, Weekend in Havana and That Night in Rio. I may have seen more, very likely, but those are the films I remember for sure.
Fox’s In Old Chicago was a big hit back then, but was it bigger than MGM’s San Francisco released a year earlier?
Hmm are you sure that’s the correct release date for In Old Chicago? I have it listed as a 1938 film in my database, and IMDB has 1938 too.
Good stuff Bruce, Vote Up!
Hey Steve….as Flora pointed out….I left Alexander’s Ragtime Band was left off the list….it is now her #1 movie….and gets my tally count to 2. I am betting it would move your tally count to 5. Either way…our combined total would still trail Flora’s total of 10. San Francisco has over $100 million edge over In Old Chicago….but both were monster hits of the 1930s. As for the year of In Old Chicago….you appeared to be correct. I will fix that issue right away. I use IMDb’s date…so not sure how I got the 1937 year. Good catch….and good stuff.