RUBY KEELER b.August 25,1909 in Halifax, Nova Scotia d. February 28, 1993 in Rancho Mirage, California
This image is scanned from an original Warner Brothers publicty still from 1934 and is now part of the Northern Stars Collection.
The old expression "art imitates life" was never more true than in the story of one of Hollywood's brightest stars from the Golden Age of filmmaking, Ruby Keeler. In her 1933 film debut in the Busby Berkeley classic 42nd Street, Warner Baxter, playing the role of a theatrical producer, needs to replace a temperamental leading actress (played by Bebe Daniels) and pulls Ruby Keeler out of the chorus line. He says to her, "You're going out there as a youngster, but you've got to come back a star." And Ruby Keeler did.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
42nd Street (debut: 1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Dames (1934)
Flirtation Walk (1934)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
Colleen (1936)
Ready Willing and Able (1937)
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
