Cast: Rudy Vallee

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Rudy Vallee. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Palm Beach Story

1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Claudette Colbert · Joel McCrea · Mary Astor · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Penniless Geraldine "Gerry" Jeffers (Claudette Colbert), knows how far her good looks can take her in the world. She loves her husband, Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) but doesn't like being poor and he is unwilling to pimp her innocent feminine...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Unfaithfully Yours

1948 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Rex Harrison · Linda Darnell · Kurt Kreuger · Barbara Lawrence

Synopsis Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines three different ways of dealing with the situation. When the concert ends, he tries acting out his fantasies, but things do not go as...

7.0

473 votes

7.0

473 votes

I Remember Mama

1948 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Irene Dunne · Barbara Bel Geddes · Oskar Homolka · Ellen Corby

Synopsis The life of a Norwegian immigrant family in 1910 San Francisco centers around Mama and her detailed, pennywise household budget. We follow the Hansens' small joys, sorrows, and aspirations, with the boisterous antics of Uncle Chris as counterpoint.

6.6

182 votes

6.6

182 votes

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Irving Reis

Cast Cary Grant · Myrna Loy · Shirley Temple · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Teenaged Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Direction David Swift

Cast Robert Morse · Michele Lee · Rudy Vallee · Anthony "Scooter" Teague

Synopsis Twenty-seven year old New York window washer J. Pierpont Finch believes he can be a success in the corporate world after he impulsively picks up the book "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". The book promises its reader...

6.3

104 votes

6.3

104 votes

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Harold Lloyd · Jimmy Conlin · Raymond Walburn · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. But losing his job destroys that dream, and when he finds...

6.2

329 votes

6.2

329 votes

My Dear Secretary

1948 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Charles Martin

Cast Laraine Day · Kirk Douglas · Keenan Wynn · Helen Walker

Synopsis A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract,...

5.7

522 votes

5.7

522 votes

Father Was a Fullback

1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction John M. Stahl

Cast Fred MacMurray · Maureen O'Hara · Betty Lynn · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie.

5.6

73 votes

5.6

73 votes

Second Fiddle

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Sonja Henie · Tyrone Power · Rudy Vallee · Edna May Oliver

Synopsis Studio publicist (Power) discovers Minnesota skating teacher (Henie) and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

5.3

28 votes

5.3

28 votes

The Admiral Was a Lady

1950 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Wanda Hendrix · Rudy Vallee · Johnny Sands

Synopsis Four ex-Flyers, who served in the Army during World War II, and who refuse to work seriously, staying through various tricks, meet a girl, another ex-soldier, who plans to meet with her fiancé. All of them will undertake the search...

4.6

29 votes

4.6

29 votes

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

1955 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Richard Sale

Cast Jane Russell · Jeanne Crain · Scott Brady · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.

4.5

50 votes

4.5

50 votes

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Elvis Presley · Michele Carey · Rudy Vallee · Don Porter

Synopsis Greg Nolan meets Bernice, and loses both his job and his apartment. However, Bernice manages to get him a new apartment, but it is so expensive that he has to get two full-time jobs. Nolan has trouble finding time to...

3.9

49 votes

3.9

49 votes

The Vagabond Lover

1929 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Marshall Neilan

Cast Rudy Vallee · Sally Blane · Marie Dressler · Charles Sellon

Synopsis A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.

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Happy Go Lucky

1943 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Curtis Bernhardt

Cast Mary Martin · Dick Powell · Betty Hutton · Eddie Bracken

Synopsis To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Beach boy Pete promptly unmasks her, but offers to help her catch his enemy, yachtsman Alfred Monroe. Marjory's pal Bubbles turns out to be the...

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Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Betty Grable · Emory Parnell · Porter Hall · Rudy Vallee

Synopsis Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's...

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International House

1933 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction A. Edward Sutherland

Cast W.C. Fields · Peggy Hopkins Joyce · Rudy Vallee · Stuart Erwin

Synopsis Professor Wong has invented a television machine and invites everyone to see it at China's International House Hotel. Every time Tommy Nash attempts to wed his fiancée Carol Fortescue he comes down with an illness, and when he breaks out...

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The Fabulous Suzanne

1946 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Steve Sekely

Cast Barbara Britton · Rudy Vallee · Otto Kruger · Richard Denning

Synopsis Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stuff broker tries...

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So This Is New York

1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

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It's in the Bag!

1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Fred Allen · Jack Benny · Don Ameche · William Bendix

Synopsis Wealthy Frederick Trumble makes an eccentric new will, secretes much of his wealth in a chair, then, within seconds, is murdered. The new heir, Fred Floogle, runs a flea circus. Of course, the reputed $12 million inheritance goes to his...

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