Alice White

Acting

Alice White

Born August 25, 1904 · Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Died February 19, 1983 · aged 78

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alice White (born Alva White, August 25, 1904 – February 19, 1983) was an American film actress. Her career spanned late silent films and early sound films. After leaving school, White became a secretary and "script girl" for director Josef Von Sternberg. She also worked as a switchboard operator at the Hollywood Writers' Club. After clashing with Von Sternb…

Known For

The Widow from ChicagoThe Widow from Chicago · 1930
The Widow from Chicago
★ 6.41930
MovieCrimeDrama
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
King of the NewsboysKing of the Newsboys · 1938
King of the Newsboys
★ 4.81938
MovieDramaRomance
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.
Big CityBig City · 1937
Big City
★ 7.71937
MovieDrama
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Gift of GabGift of Gab · 1934
Gift of Gab
★ 5.21934
MovieMusicComedy
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
King for a NightKing for a Night · 1933
King for a Night
★ 7.21933
MovieCrime
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is involved in a murder and he takes the blame.
Jimmy the GentJimmy the Gent · 1934
Jimmy the Gent
★ 6.41934
MovieDramaComedy
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Show Girl in HollywoodShow Girl in Hollywood · 1930
Show Girl in Hollywood
★ 5.81930
MovieComedyDrama
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Flamingo RoadFlamingo Road · 1949
Flamingo Road
★ 7.01949
MovieDramaRomance
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

Filmography

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The Show of ShowsThe Show of Shows · 1929
The Show of Shows
★ 6.61929
MovieMusic
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!

Performer in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number (uncredited)

The Private Life of Helen of TroyThe Private Life of Helen of Troy · 1927
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
★ 4.41927
MovieComedy
Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.

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