Alice Faye Collection 2 (Rose of Washington Square/Hollywood Cavalcade/The Great American Broadcast/Hello, Frisco, Hello/Four Jills in a Jeep) (Full Chk Gift)
by Archie Mayo, Buster Keaton, Gregory Ratoff, H. Bruce Humberstone, Irving Cummings
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Actor: Alice Faye, Cesar Romero, Don Ameche, Jack Oakie, John PayneDirector: Archie Mayo, Buster Keaton, Gregory Ratoff, H. Bruce Humberstone, Irving Cummings
Brand: FAYE,ALICE
Writer: Brown Holmes
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 462 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Alice Faye Collection 2 (Rose of Washington Square/Hollywood Cavalcade/The Great American Broadcast/Hello, Frisco, Hello/Four Jills in a Jeep) (Full Chk Gift)
DVD Review: ALICE is my FAYEvorite!
Summary: 5 Stars
This second volume of ALICE FAYE films is a welcome addition to the first volume and together, with all of the varying roles she played, display the reason for her popularity.
ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE is one of Alice Faye's most memorable and entertaining films. She sings effectively many great standards plus a beautiful new ballad written for the picture. Fannie Brice sued the studio and stars because it was obvious to her that some of the songs and the romantic interest presented in the film struck alarmingly close to home. The studio, after much publicity, settled out of court. Al Jolson fans will be pleased that he is prominently featured in this film and sings many of his big hits. Tyrone Power plays a cad, but a charming one, and he and Alice Faye once again display their intense on-screen chemistry. The film's transfer to DVD is clean and the sound is fine.
HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE is a delightful depiction of early Hollywood from the silents to the talkies. After being discovered by Don Ameche in a stage production, Alice Faye is persuaded to accompany him to Hollywood to star under his direction in silent films. Among the silent film luminaries you will see are Buster Keaton, Mack Sennett, Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, and the Keystone Kops. Alice seems right at home and proves that she would have been a delectable silent film star. The last half of the film shifts emphasis once talkies become all the rage. Don ignores Alice, so her attention is drawn to handsome leading man Alan Curtis, and they eventually marry. They become top stars as Don's fortunes are fading. Many problems ensue, but everything eventually works out. A thoroughly engrossing look at early Hollywood. Although Alice doesn't sing a note, she gives a sterling performance along with her co-star Don Ameche. The color is beautiful and clear, and we could find no problem with the sound.
THE GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST is a fictional account of the invention of radio with some facts thrown in. This is a thoroughly entertaining film containing some of Alice Faye's best singing and fine performances from all of the principals. Many of the entertainment world's best specialty acts appear, including the Nicholas Brothers, the Four Ink Spots, and the Wiere Brothers. Alice's beautiful rendering of the haunting Where You Are with the Four Ink Spots is a gem. The insertion of the actual newsreel footage of the Willard-Dempsey fight in the regular footage of the film is expertly accomplished. The transfer to DVD is crisp an clear, and the sound is good.
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO was the vehicle chosen to return Alice Faye to the screen after the birth of her first daughter. Her studio and fans were eager for her return. Dressed in beautiful period costumes, Alice is stunning, with a tiny waist never seen in her previous pictures. She sings ten songs, including a heartfelt You'll Never Know, a song which took the country by storm and won the Academy Award. John Payne plays an unsympathetic role but acquits himself well. Jack Oakie, June Havoc, Lynn Bari, and Laird Cregar are all first-rate. The story is an incidental one about love lost and regained, but it is a fast-paced, beautiful movie both to the eyes and ears, with opulent sets and outstanding musical numbers. The color in this transfer is vivid and the sound is crisp and clear. (Note: We must register our disappointment that the theatrical trailer used in this package is in black and white.)
FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP brings to film the adventures of four actresses who entertained the troops during World War 2. Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair all appear as themselves and are all splendid, especially Martha Raye, who is always delightful to watch. Dick Haymes is introduced in this film, and he seems very relaxed in front of the camera and sings beautifully. Fox evidently decided to bolster the box-office appeal of the picture by including cameo appearances by three of its top female stars: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, and Carmen Miranda. Betty sings Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Carmen sings I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I Like You Very Much, while Alice sings her signature song You'll Never Know, which was so popular during the war years. The film has been transferred with pristine results both in picture and sound.
DVD Review: wow
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't believe the complaints I am reading, these films were made at a time when people wanted to be distracted from the harsh realities of life, so of course they are not vehicles best suited to Bette Davis, and they succede very well, yes the 4 in a jeep is out of place, but not a bad film for the time, which is how you should be viewing them, not comparing them to todays fare, Hello, Frisco, Hello, is, contrary to what at least one person has said, an excellent film, well directed, colorful, fun, entertaining in the extreme, and Faye can melt a persons heart when she reprises "You'll never know" toward the middle of the film, if it was possible to wear out a DVD, this one wouldn't last long in my home, having viewed it 7 times in the 3 days I have had it, Carmen Miranda is her wounderful self in 4 jills and a jeep, Betty Grable sings "Cuddle up a little closer" one of her best songs, Faye reprises "You'll never know" all of which makes the film worth having, even if it's misplaced in this collection, the transfer to DVD is first class with all of the films, we all have our favorites, and wish for others that Fox has yet to release, would it not be better to request that Fox release your favorites, without criticizing the films that they have released?DVD Review: disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very disappointed with this 2nd collection of Alice Faye's movies. Alice Faye is a wonderful actress and has made many good movies, but it is apparent that at least three of these movies were added to the collection only because no one would buy them alone.
On the plus side, I love the featurettes and the documentation that Fox added to these movies.
DVD Review: Where's Wake Up & Live?
Summary: 4 Stars
Alice Faye is a great personality and deserves as much attention as possible. Her roles in the various Shirley Temple films illustrate her kind nature and warm personality. But there are others that should be brought forward. The 1938 spectacular "Wake UP and Live" with Jack Haley, Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie's Orchestra is a wonderful musical. It should be reissued.
Dave R
DVD Review: Alice Faye Collection Volume 2
Summary: 5 Stars
I love her and all her movies, the collection is perfect! All her best movies are on this collection. It was good to see Hello Frisco Hello i have been long awaithing for this movie to come out.
Description of Alice Faye Collection 2 (Rose of Washington Square/Hollywood Cavalcade/The Great American Broadcast/Hello, Frisco, Hello/Four Jills in a Jeep) (Full Chk Gift)
Disc 1: The Great American Broadcast Disc 2: Four Jills in a Jeep Disc 3: Rose of Washington Square Disc 4: Hollywood Cavalcade Disc 5: Hello, Frisco, HelloHere's round two of Alice Faye's career at Twentieth Century Fox, five films that effortlessly capture the all-American appeal of "the lady with the velvet throat," as she is introduced in Four Jills and a Jeep. Until she simply walked away from film in 1945, Faye's star burned brightly in the nonsensical backstage musicals Fox churned out, a daffy World That Never Was. Only one title, Four Jills, is set in its era (1944), and it's not an Alice Faye picture--she pops up for a cameo, singing "You'll Never Know." The movie's actually about USO performers Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Carole Landis, and Mitzi Mayfair, who really had toured in England and North Africa performing "for the boys." The rest of the films are firmly set in studio chief Darryl Zanuck's beloved past: Hollywood Cavalcade is a typical Fox nostalgia trip, set during the birth of silent cinema. Budding director Don Ameche builds his moviemaking career on the talent of his star (Faye), without noticing that she's in love with him. The film lets Buster Keaton stage a few slapstick sequences, and there are bits from silent-movie luminaries, including Ben Turpin, Mack Sennett, and Al Jolson. Jolson has a major role in Rose of Washington Square (1939), probably the most interesting film in the set. This one's a lightly-fictionalized version of the story of Fanny Brice's unhappy marriage to Nicky Arnstein (later the basis for Funny Girl), with Faye a very WASPish Brice and Tyrone Power the ne'er-do-well she just can't help lovin'. Faye tries Brice's signature song, "My Man," and Jolson does some of his signature stuff, including his blackface routine. In the event, Fanny Brice was not pleased; as a helpful DVD featurette explains, she sued and won.
E20 1941's The Great American Broadcast, directed by workhorse Archie Mayo, does for radio what Cavalcade did for silent pictures. This time John Payne and Jack Oakie are inventing the wireless network; Alice is a saloon singer whose crooning helps their plan succeed (but of course fails to impress Payne for far too long). Along with Faye's singing, some terrific numbers by the Ink Spots and the incredible Nicholas Brothers help this formula along. A big hit in 1943, Hello, Frisco, Hello brought Payne and Oakie back, with Alice once again waiting around for Barbary Coast entrepreneur Payne to notice that they're in love. This is where Faye's marvelous low, mellow voice introduced "You'll Never Know," which the movie wisely keeps reprising. Technicolor-ful to the point where you might need sunglasses, this is one of those loony, stupefyingly mush-headed musicals that make you wonder whether Hollywood had collectively gone mad, or possibly ingested hallucinogenic substances. The excellent prints for these films show off Fox's scrupulous studio style. No commentary tracks, but a selection of featurettes gives smart and relevant background for the movies. --Robert Horton
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