Bebe Daniels Tribute~That's You Baby~1929-Hal Kemp Orchestra

A tribute to Bebe Daniels. Bebe came from Texas, born there in 1901, the descendant of Spanish Royalty. Her mother, a stage actress, put her on the stage at a very early age. By age 4, she had been in two stage plays, Squaw Man and Richard III. She first appeared in film in 1910, and that same year, at age 9, played the starring role of Dorothy in the first version of The Wizard of Oz. In 1915, she was noticed by Hal Roach and 14 year old Bebe and Harold Lloyd became an onscreen pair starting with the short silent "Giving Them Fits". The two became so publicly popular that Hal Roach pushed for a public romance between the two. Harold was 22 and Bebe was only 14. Between 1915, and 1917, Bebe and Harold rolled out 80 short films for Hal Roach Studios.By 1919, Bebe had completed 200 films. She was now 18 and wanted to be seen as a serious dramatic actress. When approached by Cecil B. de Mille, she chose not to re-sign with Roach, and instead went with de Mille's Paramount Pictures. In 1920, de Mille placed her in 7 full length films, the first being "Why Change Your Wife" with Gloria Swanson. Bebe's father died in 1920 and she and her mother bought a beach house in Santa Monica, her mother managing Bebe's career and finances.
In 1922, de Mille starred her in North of the Rio Grande which nailed her career as a serious dramatic actress. By 1924, she had reached the top, starring with, and sharing billing with, Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire. She was his love interest and received glowing reviews for her performance. At 23 she was a veteran, now having completed 240 films.
As Hollywood was transitioning from silents to talkies in 1929, Bebe made only one film~Rio Rita with John Boles. The silent era was ending and Paramount was dropping its' silent stars.But Bebe was already transitioning to talkies. She sang Rio Rita for Victor Records and the song became a hit for Victor. The public could now hear her voice without waiting for one of her movies to be shown at the theater. Radio Pictures noticed her pleasant voice and in 1930 she was made a leading lady in 4 films. Radio Pictures leading man was Ben Lyon who appeared with her in a Radio Pictures film. Life imitates art and Ben and Bebe were married before the end of 1930.
Warner Brothers now saw the light and offered Radio (now RKO) a small fortune for Bebe's contract. By 1930, Bebe would be working with Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, and Stan and Laurel. Now having a child, she slowed down and in 1932 only made Silver Dollar with Robinson, in '33 42nd Street, and loaned out to Universal, starred with John Barrymore in Counselor at Law. In '34, her only film was Registered Nurse. When Bebe and Ben had finished their contract obligations with their studios, they walked away from Hollywood to England.
During WWII, Ben signed with the British Royal Air Force while Bebe appeared in stage plays~and became very popular in England. The BBC offered her a show during the war which became a public favorite. After the war, Bebe returned to California for 3 years to produce films for her old friend Hal Roach while Ben worked at 20th Century Fox~his biggest accomplishment finding and signing Norma Jean Mortensen and giving her the professional name Marilyn Monroe. Ben and Bebe returned to England in 1948 where they had a tremendous success with another BBC radio show, Life with the Lyons, which ran for 10 years and starred the entire Lyon family. Bebe died suddenly in 1971 and the veteran of 300 films over 4 decades is interred in Hollywood.

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