Scene with Fay Templeton

Fay Templeton definitely starred in "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway" along with comedian Victor Moore. She introduced the songs "Mary's A Grand Old Name", and "So Long, Mary" as depicted in the film. As far as composing the title song in her dressing room, I can't answer that. None of the info I've come across has mentioned it, so I would assume that it was probably written for the film and was not true to life. One thing I do know is that Fay Templeton was a much larger woman than Irene Manning, who portrayed her in the film.

The movie was very kind to Fay Templeton, who did work with Cohan, but was rather fat, and not nearly as attractive or as good a singer as Irene Manning, the actress who portrayed her.