Jacqueline Alice Irene Newlin (November 7, 1906 – May 25, 1995), professionally known as Alice Day, was an American film actress who began her career as one of the

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Early years

Day was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Frank and Irene Newlin, and attended high school in Venice, California, where she was discovered. She was the elder sister of actress Marceline Day.

Career

Day appeared in 70 movies between 1923 and 1932. In 1929, she starred with

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in a

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of the

George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942) was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudev ...

stage musical ''

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'', the title better known in revised excerpts staged in the Cohan biopic ''

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''. There are no known copies of the Buzzell-Day films. Day also co-starred with Ted Lewis in the musical '' Is Everybody Happy?'' (1929) which is also considered a

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. Lewis selected her out of approximately 200 candidates for the role. Day appeared in the film '' Two-Fisted Law'' (1932) with

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and John Wayne.

Personal life and death

On July 6, 1930, Day married Jack B. Cohn, a jeweler and broker. She retired from acting soon after the marriage, and the couple had two sons. She and Cohn were divorced on July 28, 1939. She died on May 25, 1995, in Orange, California, at age 88.

Recognition

Day was one of 13 actresses named

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in 1928.

Partial filmography

* ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Cat's Meow'' (1924) * '' His New York Wife'' (1926) * '' See You in Jail'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Gorilla'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Way of the Strong'' (1928) * '' Phyllis of the Follies'' (1928) * '' Drag'' (1929) * '' Skin Deep'' (1929) * '' Is Everybody Happy?'' (1929) * ''

'' (1929) * ''

The Show of Shows ''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor. ''The Show o ...

'' (1929) * ''

Red Hot Speed ''Red Hot Speed'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Reginald Denny, Alice Day and Charles Byer. It was made during the conversion from silent to sound film, and had talking sequences using the Movietone re ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Melody Man'' (1930) * ''

In the Next Room ''In The Next Room'' is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. The film was based on the play of th ...

'' (1930) * ''

Ladies in Love ''Ladies in Love'' (1936) is a romantic comedy film based upon the play by Leslie Bush-Fekete. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and stars Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett and Loretta Young. The film revolves around three roommates (Gaynor ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

Viennese Nights ''Viennese Nights'' is a 1930 American all-talking pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Bela Lugosi and Louise Fazenda. It was photographed ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Lady from Nowhere ''The Lady from Nowhere'' is a 1931 American crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Alice Day, John Holland and Phillips Smalley.Pitts p.89 Cast * Alice Day as Marian * John Holland as John Conroy * Phillips Smalley We ...

'' (1931) * ''

Love Bound ''Love Bound'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young.Pitts p.259 It is a second feature produced by the Poverty Row studio Peerless Pictures. The fi ...

'' (1932) * '' Two-Fisted Law'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932)

References

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