
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.

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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Mother Is a Freshman

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

Night Gallery

Kraft Television Theatre

Ellery Queen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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Unfaithfully Yours

I Remember Mama

Ricochet Romance

Jazz Ball

What's My Line?

The Palm Beach Story

Alias Smith and Jones

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CHiPs

The Colgate Comedy Hour

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The Name of the Game

Here's Lucy

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Your Show of Shows

Time Out for Rhythm

The Merv Griffin Show

The Admiral Was a Lady

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

So This Is New York

Father Was a Fullback

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

December Bride

My Dear Secretary

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Gold Diggers in Paris

Sweet Music

It's in the Bag!

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International House

Live a Little, Love a Little

The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Mike Douglas Show

Glorifying the American Girl

Rodeo Dough

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

People Are Funny

Man Alive

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Betty Co-ed

George White's Scandals

Things You Never See on the Screen

The Fabulous Suzanne

The Helen Morgan Story

Second Fiddle

Breakdowns of 1938

Kitty from Kansas City

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Happy Go Lucky

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"

The Vagabond Lover

Rudy Vallee Melodies

Slashed Dreams

The Phynx

The Perfect Woman

The Golden Twenties

Men Who Rate a 10

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

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