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Lillian Russell

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Alice Faye in Lillian Russell (1940)
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The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.

  • Director
    • Irving Cummings
  • Writer
    • William Anthony McGuire
  • Stars
    • Alice Faye
    • Don Ameche
    • Henry Fonda
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    592
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Irving Cummings
    • Writer
      • William Anthony McGuire
    • Stars
      • Alice Faye
      • Don Ameche
      • Henry Fonda
    • 23User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Alice Faye
    Alice Faye
    • Lillian Russell
    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Edward Solomon
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Alexander Moore
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Diamond Jim Brady
    Warren William
    Warren William
    • The Famous J.L.
    Leo Carrillo
    Leo Carrillo
    • Tony Pastor
    Helen Westley
    Helen Westley
    • Grandma Leonard
    Dorothy Peterson
    Dorothy Peterson
    • Cynthia Leonard
    Ernest Truex
    Ernest Truex
    • Charles K. Leonard
    Nigel Bruce
    Nigel Bruce
    • William Gilbert
    Lynn Bari
    Lynn Bari
    • Edna McCauley
    Claud Allister
    Claud Allister
    • Arthur Sullivan
    • (as Claude Allister)
    Joe Weber
    • Joe Weber
    • (as Weber)
    Lew Fields
    Lew Fields
    • Lew Fields
    • (as Fields)
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    • Eddie Foy Sr.
    Una O'Connor
    Una O'Connor
    • Marie
    Joseph Cawthorn
    Joseph Cawthorn
    • Leopold Damrosch
    Diane Fisher
    • Dorothy
    • Director
      • Irving Cummings
    • Writer
      • William Anthony McGuire
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    • Trivia
      To secure the part of Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Henry Fonda had to sign a long-term contract with Fox. Except for The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), Fonda disliked the other films he was forced to do, none more so than "Lillian Russell".
    • Goofs
      When Russell sings to President Grover Cleveland over the long-distance telephone, she performs "After the Ball is Over." In actuality, she sang the "Sabre Song" from the show she was then doing, Offenbach's "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein." The film sets the scene backstage, with Russell backed by a full chorus. In fact, the call was placed from her dressing room.
    • Quotes

      Charles K. Leonard: You'll be a success in whatever you do, Helen, because you're all woman, and there's nothing finer than that. You know, that's where your mother's suffragettes are all wrong. They're going to get equal rights ultimately, and the chance to act like men, maybe. But they're going to lose a lot of femininity. And when they do, something tells me that they're going to lose more power than they'll ever get back by voting. Uh, honey, you needn't tell your mother that I said that.

    • Connections
      Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978)
    • Soundtracks
      Adored One
      (1940)
      Music by Alfred Newman
      Lyrics by Mack Gordon
      Performed by Don Ameche (uncredited)
      Also sung by Alice Faye (uncredited)
      In the score as background music often

    User reviews23

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    7/10

    Beautiful Alice Faye--

    --sings some of the old songs, has beautiful costumes and hair styles(wigs?), and Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold and Lynn Bari as co-stars. The facts of the story may be wrong, but who cares? What biographical movie is about facts? On a cold day in a warm house(or vice versa), just sit down and listen to Alice sing and enjoy an old-fashioned film. 7/10
    • Ishallwearpurple
    • Feb 5, 2003
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    • Release date
      • May 24, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ljubavi Lilijan Rasel
    • Filming locations
      • T.J. Bradford Estate, Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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