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Rudy Vallee

1901-07-28

The Biography

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.

Rudy Vallee in

Movies

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Sweet Music

5.7 average rating
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Unfaithfully Yours

7.2 average rating
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Second Fiddle

5 average rating
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Ricochet Romance

7 average rating
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International House

5.294 average rating
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Rodeo Dough

5.3 average rating
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The Palm Beach Story

7.014 average rating
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The Phynx

3.5 average rating
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Live a Little, Love a Little

5.6 average rating
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

7 average rating
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Man Alive

5.1 average rating
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Things You Never See on the Screen

5 average rating
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The Night They Raided Minsky's

5.625 average rating
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

6.2 average rating
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I Remember Mama

7 average rating
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

4.1 average rating
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My Dear Secretary

5.8 average rating
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

6.856 average rating
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The Helen Morgan Story

5.3 average rating
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Slashed Dreams

2.9 average rating