Alice Faye was a very unpretentious and honest lady. Born to humble surroundings, her love for show business at an early age spurred her on to succeed beyond her wildest dreams. Opportunities presented themselves, and she took advantage of them. She was a beautiful blonde with a lovely figure, and she possessed an inimitable deep contralto singing voice. On top of that, she had a personal warmth that seemed to envelop her audiences. Her rise to stardom was meteoric. She arrived in Hollywood in 1934 to perform one song for the film "George White's Scandals." The leading lady assigned to the film disliked her part and walked out. Alice was elected to take over the role and was an immediate success, resulting in a term contract with Fox pictures. In six short years Alice was named Hollywood's Number One female box office star.

Her spats over the years with studio head Darryl Zanuck culminated in l945, with Alice chucking her movie career after she discovered that Zanuck had butchered her role in the drama "Fallen Angel." Jane Lenz Elder vividly recalls the triumphs and disappointments in Miss Faye's movie and radio careers, as well as in her

nal life. Where more than one account of an incident in her life has been reported, the author presents both accounts and lets the reader decide which is the more plausible.

This is the first in-depth biography written on Alice Faye, and it is a worthy companion to the much heralded "The Films of Alice Faye" by W. Franklyn Moshier. Alice Faye: A Life Beyond the Silver Screen