6 Best Alice Faye Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 30, 2026

Comedy feel good

Alice Faye brought a warm, husky voice and easy charm to 20th Century Fox musicals, becoming one of the studio’s biggest stars in the late 1930s and early 1940s. State Fair has a farm family finding romance at the fair, That Night in Rio has an entertainer impersonating a baron, and Weekend in Havana has a shipping clerk hosting a stranded tourist. Lillian Russell, Rose of Washington Square and Alexander’s Ragtime Band round out the list.

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State Fair (1945)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 83%

A farm family's trip to the state fair turns into romance for both grown children.

Directed by Walter Lang · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Won 1 Oscar4 wins & 4 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

Weekend in Havana (1941) 02

Weekend in Havana (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Alice Faye features in this musical comedy about a shipping clerk who hosts a shipwrecked tourist in Havana, complicating both their romances.

Directed by Walter Lang · 1h 21m

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That Night in Rio (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Alice Faye stars in a comedy where an entertainer impersonates a wealthy baron and chaos follows once the real one's wife turns up.

Directed by Irving Cummings · 1h 31m · Rated NR

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Lillian Russell (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A dramatisation of the celebrated Gilded Age singer's rise to stardom and her many romances.

Directed by Irving Cummings · 2h 07m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Rose of Washington Square (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A devoted Broadway singer stands by her charming but crooked con-man husband.

Directed by Gregory Ratoff · 1h 26m · Rated NR

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Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A society musician forms a ragtime band with two friends, and their partnership survives decades of changing fortunes.

Directed by Henry King · 1h 46m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.