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Song: "You'll Never Know" by Alice Faye [from Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)]

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[filmsprockets]

Good video - thanks , great to see all the Fox stars. I was lucky enough to be at the British (ITV) Alice Faye / Dennie Norden TV recording and met her afterwards - Alice was a lovely looking and charming 66 year oldwho became a friend. She was a real lady.

[nicoley132]

@filmsprockets She sounds like a swell gal. I certainly enjoy her in movies. :)

[bchfront]

I'm so glad you had the opportunity to see him. Bill was really at his best as a light comedian -- you will find him on Youtube in a clip from "A Royal Scandal" with the redoubtable Tallulah. Something happened. None of us knows quite what, not even his niece Rosemary, with whom I've become very close. Only Lon McCallister, who finally just took care of him at the end, knows what really went wrong. Poor Bill -- he was so wonderfully self-destructive, but so beautiful & charming! All best. R.J.

[nicoley132]

Thanks for the additional information! This stuff is really very interesting.

And I also thought I'd mention that I just figured out where I've "seen" you... You're the R.J. who sometimes contributes comments at Greenbriar Picture Shows, right? Thanks for all of your wonderful information there too.

[bchfront]

Dear nicoley,

Thank you for both responses. Bill Eythe has been a major part of my life these last several-years, because of a project I have been immersed-in about both he, and his dearest-friend, the late actor Lon McCallister. Bill's life was actually far more interesting and dramatic than any film he ever did, but he was a very underrated personality, who might have gone much farther, had he not made the almost suicidal-error of getting-on the wrong side of Darryl Zanuck! Thanks again. R.J.

[nicoley132]

I just got a chance to see him in Wing and a Prayer -- I know him as the son in The Ox-Bow Incident; ringing a few more bells now... He definitely had movie star good looks.

Sounds very interesting... How'd he get on the wrong side of Zanuck?

[denny906]

I moved out to Frisco from Detroit last year since the weather is so much nicer. Since moving out here I would like to see Hello Frisco Hello and get into the singing spirit of my new home town but it isn't available from BLOCKBUSTER ON LINE.

[FlaxenHairedBeauty]

What a beautiful song! Love the movies you chose. :)

[Rowland108]

Just read book by Brit' comedy writer Dennis Norden (born 1922). He recalls interviewing his fav' movie star & singer, Alice Faye on UK live TV show many years ago & got her to sing this wonderful song again. Then, as the show's closing tune "Seems Like Old Times" started she stood up, took his hand & said "dance with me." Fantastic movie clips. Thanks for the upload

[KarinPluss]

Another wonderful tribute and I must say I'm especially happy you managed to get Sonja Henie, lovely Ty Power and especially Maureen O'Hara in there! Keep up the good work!

[julianallees]

J'adore cette chanson. Elle est très belle et romantique, c'est la façon que toutes les chansons devraient être!

Amitiés,

julianallees

6iem Decembre, 2009 22h 44

[is1531]

Alice sends chills up my spine.

[faye5515]

Great clips. The song by Alice Faye is both beautiful and haunting. She truly is one of the great stars of cinema.

[jbrut]

Some promising newcomers at Fox in the late forties included Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Barbara Lawrence, Glenn Langan and Dale Robertson. Alas, none fulfilled their initial promise. Perhaps the concurrent theater divorcement and coming of television made it more difficult to get studio support.