This was a Great Tribute to a Great Lady.It says something about a person that so many people came from so many places to honor their friend.I am reminded of that line from "The Wizard of Oz"- "It is not so much how you love, but how much you are loved by others".Alice Faye was a great star, but more important, she was a Good Person,and after all, goodness is the greatest power on Earth.
I think that Alice made the right decision to retire from show business. Her family was more important than any film part she could ever play. Such a fabulous and delightful lady.
Somewhat ironically, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Bob & Dolores Hope and most of the guests already in their 70s and 80s at the time of this show would outlive host Eamonn Andrews. He died in 1987 at age 64, only four years after this show was broadcast
This show for Alice Faye must the greatest one seeing Ruby Keeler , Mary Martin , Caesar Romero , Jane Withers , Fred McMurray , knowing he filmed with Carole Lombard and all so many of the greatest years of Hollywood ! Really really enjoy this episode as am a huge Hollywood fan . From the silents , musicals the drama pictures . Have some Alice Faye records / CD s .
It's unfortunate that Ty Power died at such a young age. He certainly would have made an appearance on this show. Alice adored him. She said he was the most beautiful person, man or woman, that she had ever met.
👏🙌🤗❤ I had tears in my eyes watching this entire show, but at 19:19 with Tyrone Power, she starts singing "Alexander's Ragtime Band" I totally lost it and sobbed like a baby❣ Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful lady's story👏👏👏 I have ALWAYS LOVED both Alice and Phil 💕❤🤗 All the 🌟 ⭐ 🌟 ⭐ Stars - Now in HEAVEN 💫💫💫 😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏
This was sensational! What an array of famous (and some not so famous) people, all so happy to be paying tribute to Ms. Faye. She was clearly adored by the majority of those she worked with (or even just came to know.)
What a moving and deeply-meaningful video and tribute to this very special, one-of-a-kind woman who was clearly sent here to touch millions of people in so many different ways and via more venues than just films. Unlike many "Hollywood" people, successful and not so successful, she was able to have the best of both worlds -a professional career and a fulfilling personal/family life, express them, accomplish them with beauty, class, talent, grace, and wit. I don't think I've ever seen a "This Is Your Life" where so many true legends of show business participated both via video and in person which demonstrates that she really touched people in a deep and meaningful way. Thank you for putting this up for all to enjoy.
As an aficionado of the Golden Age of Hollywood, I regret to say that I had never heard of Alice Faye before I stumbled across this video. And that truly is a shame because she seems to be in a class all herself. She seems like someone I wish I would have known. What a lady!
Yes. Respectful, dignified, humorous, and void of anything offense. Those days are long gone. I remember this time so clearly. It seemed these old great stars would just live forever. Fine people that had a proud legacy. How are today's artists (actors, comedians, musicians) going to feel in their last years looking back on careers full of offense crap. The world was reaching a peak in these peoples young world. It's only continues it's quick decline today.
@@javiervalverde2374 Alice still made films after she married Phil. She quit the movies and walked out on the remainder of her Fox contract after her part in the movie Fallen Angel was edited in favor of Linda Darnell.
@@lscarver5 Yes I know that but still it seems there's a tension in their relationship. I heard Darryl Zanuck put her on the blacklist in Hollywood so no studio would hire her because she walked out on her contract.
@@javiervalverde2374 that's probably true. I saw a interview with Alice in the 90's, and she admitted that she was blacklisted from the studios. That's when she and Phil Harris started their popular radio show. As far as the "tension" between Alice and Phil, I wouldn't doubt that there might have been something behind the scenes.
Alice Faye - one of the great stars of those Golden Days of Hollywood musicals. you and Tyrone Power and Betty Grable may have been the most beloved stars of 20th Century Fox studios.
Alice Faye was both beautiful and sang beautifully. I fell for her when I saw an old Shirley Temple movie, "Poor Little Rich Girl." She played the role of Jerry Dolan, a vaudeville performer.
Mary Martin was not a star in the early 30s. The host is confusing her with Ethel Merman. Alice was a chorus girl in George White's Scandals of 1931, starring Ethel Merman.
At first she was not happy about having this sprung on her. She almost refused to do it but as the show went on she was fine with it. You can see the change as you watch it.
Faye was the subject of This Is Your Life for British television in 1984, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Hollywood's Metromedia Studios.[citation needed]
This is a Thames Television production for British commercial television. The BBC bought the rights in 1955. Later they were sold to its rival, the ITV network, but Eamonn Andrews remained emcee. He passed in 1987. Alice Faye had been as popular in Blighty as Stateside, so she was a natural target for the Big Red Book.
