Alice Day

Jacquiline Alice Newlin (November 7, 1905 – May 25, 1995), better known as Alice Day, was a film actress who began her career as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties.

Biography

Day appeared in 70 movies between 1923 and 1932. In 1929, she starred with Edward Buzzell in a film version of the George M. Cohan stage musical Little Johnny Jones, the title better known in revised excerpts staged in the Cohan Biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy. 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 lost film. Alice Day was the elder sister of actress Marceline Day. Day appeared in the film Two-Fisted Law (1932) with Tim McCoy and John Wayne.

Selected filmography

• Secrets (1924)
• The Cat's Meow (1924)
• See You in Jail (1927)
• The Gorilla (1927)
• The Smart Set (1928)
• The Way of the Strong (1928)
• Phyllis of the Follies (1928)
• Drag (1929)
• Skin Deep (1929)
• Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• The Love Racket (1929)
• The Melody Man (1930)
• In the Next Room (1930)
• Ladies in Love (1930)
• Hot Curves (1930)
• Viennese Nights (1930)
• The Lady from Nowhere (1931)
• Love Bound (1932)
• Two-Fisted Law (1932)
• Gold (1932)