Noel Francis was born in Temple, Texas in 1906. By age 20 she was appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies, working opposite the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey. Eventually Fox scouts noticed her and in 1929 she was signed to a Hollywood contract. Because of her Follies background, Fox intended to develop Noel as a musical and dance star. Unfortunately, musicals were on the wane at the time (they did
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
⭐ 7.8Blonde Crazy
⭐ 7Smart Money
⭐ 6.9Sudden Bill Dorn
⭐ 0Bachelor Apartment
⭐ 6.2The Mouthpiece
⭐ 5.9Manhattan Tower
⭐ 6Smart Woman
⭐ 6Good Dame
⭐ 6The White Cockatoo
⭐ 5.3New Movietone Follies of 1930
⭐ 0The Important Witness
⭐ 5Rough Romance
⭐ 5Guilty as Hell
⭐ 5.8So Big!
⭐ 5.8Fifteen Wives
⭐ 1Only Yesterday
⭐ 6.8Ladies of the Big House
⭐ 6My Pal, the King
⭐ 0Havana Widows
⭐ 5.8The Expert
⭐ 6.3Night Court
⭐ 6.3Under-Cover Man
⭐ 4.5Stone of Silver Creek
⭐ 0Son of a Sailor
⭐ 5Blood Money
⭐ 7The Loudspeaker
⭐ 0Bureau of Missing Persons
⭐ 5.6Left-Handed Law
⭐ 4Mutiny Ahead
⭐ 4Imitation of Life
⭐ 6.981Up the River
⭐ 6Reform Girl
⭐ 5.5Strictly Dynamite
⭐ 5.3Flames
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