Vintage Popular Music in American Films

Films featuring American Jazz or Dance Bands 1927-1947

this page first published by John Wright, 26 Oct 1997
last update 22 Oct 2007vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

As well as on records, jazz and dance band music was recorded for films during the 78 rpm era. This page continues the list of American films known to feature bands, seen and heard, some not identified. Note: Bands may also appear in films listed in the Entertainers and Popular Song film lists.
If you can add to this list, can fill in any of the gaps or if you know of websites or books dealing with old movies that might have useful information then please e-mail me.

Recent updates to listing:

Updates from 'Great Songwriters Of Hollywood' by Warren Craig (1980)

Updates from 'Black Beauty, White Heat' by Frank Driggs, Harris Lewine (1982)

Updates from 'Jazz In The Movies' by David Meeker (1972)

TV means has been shown on television

V is also available on video

You may find videos of some of the films on the net at Amazon.com. In the list below those with Order Today! can indeed be ordered via their link. For the other films you can use the search link at the foot of this page.

Films : D-G

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Damsel In Distress You can order a video of Damsel in Distress Today! (NTSC format)	1937	Ray Noble (and band?), Fred Astaire SONGS Nice Work If You Can Get ItA Foggy DayI Can't Be Bothered NowPut Me To The TestThings Are Looking UpSing Of SpringStiff Upper LipThe Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid
Dancers In The Dark	1932	Band? Jack Oakie, Miriam Hopkins SONGS St Louis Blues
Dancing Co-Ed GB: Every Other Inch A Lady	1939	Artie Shaw Orch Lana Turner SONGS NightmareTraffic JamNon-Stop FlightJungle Drums
Doctor Rhythm	1938	Bing Crosby, Beatrice Lillie, Louis Armstrong SONGS Doctor RhythmMy Heart Is Taking LessonsThis Is My Night To DreamOn The Sentimental SideOnly A Gypsy KnowsP.S. 43RhythmTrumpet Player's Lament (is the last title lost?)
Do You Love Me?	1946	Harry James Orch, Dick Haymes SONGS Do You Love Me?As If I Didn't Have Enough On My MindI Didn't Mean A Word I SaidMoonlight Propaganda
Du Barry Was A Lady	1943	Tommy Dorsey Orch, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Dick Haymes, Jo Stafford, Pied Pipers SONGS Katie Went To HaitiI'm Getting Sentimental Over YouFriendshipDu Barry was A LadyI Love An Esquire GirlLadies Of The BathDo I Love You?No Matter How You Slice It It's Still SalomeMadameI Love Your Crepes Suzettes
Eadie was A Lady	1945	Hal McIntyre Orch Ann Miller SONGS Eadie Was A LadyShe's A Gypsy From BrooklynTabby The CatNext Victory DayI'm Gonna see My Baby
Earl Carroll's Sketchbook GB: Hats Off To Rhythm	1946	band? Constance Moore Vera Vague SONGS I've Never Forgotten The Lady With A MopOh HenryWhat Makes You Beautiful, Beautiful?I Was Silly, I Was Headstrong,I Was ImpetuousWe Met Over A Bottle Of VinoSalvo
Earl Carroll Vanities	1945	Woody Herman Orch Constance Moore Dennis O'Keefe Parkyakarkus SONGS Apple HoneyEndlesslyRiverside JiveRockabye BoogieYou Beautiful Thing You
Every Day's A Holiday	1938	Louis Armstrong Mae West SONGS Every Day's A HolidayAlong The Broadway TrailJubileeFifiFlutter By Little Butterfly
Ex-Flame	1931	Louis Armstrong This film is lost
The Fabulous Dorseys	1947	Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Whiteman, Henry Busse, Bob Eberly, Charlie Barnet, Mike Pingatore, Ziggy Elman, Ray Bauduc, Art Tatum, Helen O'Connell SONGS At SundownI'll Never Say 'Never Again' AgainTo MeGreen EyesDorsey ConcertoArt's BluesEverybody's Doin' ItMarieThe Object Of My AffectionRunnin' WildWhen You And I Were Young MaggieWaitin' At The Gate For Katy V
The Fleet's In	1945	Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Betty Hutton, Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly Dorothy Lamour William Holden Eddie Bracken SONGS The Fleet's InBuild A Better MousetrapArthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A HurryI Remember YouTomorrow You Belong To Uncle SamWhy Doesn't Anything Happen To Me(It's Somebody Else's Moon) Not MineTangerineWhen You Hear The Time SignalConga From Honga
Flying High (GB: Happy Landing)	1931	Gus Arnheim Orch SONGS Flying High Happy LandingWe'll Dance Till Dawn
Follies Girl	1943	Bandleaders: Johnny Long, Bobby Byrne, Ray Heatherton, Ernie Holst SONGS Keep The Flag-a-flyingNo Man In The HouseSomeone To LoveI Told A LieShall We Gather At The Rhythm?FascinationI Knew Your Father's SonThoity Poiple Boids
Follow The Boys	1944	bands: Ted Lewis, Freddie Slack, Charlie Spivak, Louis Jordan. Dinah Shore, Sophie Tucker, Jeannette MacDonald, Andrews Sisters, Delta Rhythm Boys SONGS I'll Get ByI'll Walk AloneMad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Get By Without Him Blues Some Of These DaysThe Bigger The Army And The NavyBeyond The Blue HorizonI'll See You In My DreamsBei Mir Bist Du SchoenBeer Barrel PolkaShoo Shoo BabyThe House I Live InA Better Day Is ComingTonightIs You Is Or Is You Ain't My BabyI Feel A Song Coming OnKittens With Their Mittens Laced
Four Jills In A Jeep	1944	Jimmy Dorsey Orch Martha Raye, Kaye Francis, Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda SONGS Cuddle Up A Litle CloserYou'll Never KnowCrazy MeYou Send MeHow Blue Is The NightHow Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?Mr PaganiniNo Love, No NothingOver ThereWhen The Caissons Go Rolling AlongOhioIt's The Old Army GameYou Never Miss A TrickHeil Heel Hitler
Freddie Steps Out	1946	Charlie Barnet Orch SONGS .
Gals Incorporated	1943	Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orch, Pied Pipers SONGS Here's Your KissHep Hep HoorayAll The Time It's You
The Gang's All Here (GB: The Girls He Left Behind)	1943	Benny Goodman Orch, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda SONGS A Journey To A StarNo Love, No Nuthin'PaducahMinnie's In The MoneyYou Discover You're In New YorkBrazilThe Lady With The Tutti-Frutti HatThe Polka Dot Polka
Garden Of The Moon	1938	Joe Venuti Orch Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay John Payne SONGS Garden Of The MoonGirlfriend Of The Whirling DervishUmbrella ManLove Is Where You Find ItConfidentiallyThe Lady On The Two Cent Stamp
George White's Scandals 1945	1945	Gene Krupa Band, Ethel Smith Joan Davis Jack Haley SONGS I Want To Be A DrummerBolero In The JungleI Wake Up In The MorningWho Killed Vaudeville?WishingLife Is Just A Bowl Of CherriesLiza
Ghost Catchers	1944	Kirby Grant Orch Morton Downey, Ella Mae Morse SONGS Blue CandlelightThree Cheers For The CustomerQuoth The RavenI'm Old Enough To DreamThese Foolish ThingsAfter You've Gone
Gift Of Gab	1934	Gus Arnheim Orch Ruth Etting, Phil Baker, Ethel Waters, Gene Austin SONGS Talking To MyselfI Ain't Gonna Sin No MoreGift Of GabSomebody Looks GoodDon't Let This Waltz Mean GoodbyeWalkin' On AirWhat A Wonderful DayTomorrow-Who Cares?
Girl Crazy	1943	Tommy Dorsey Orch Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, King's Men SONGS I've Got RhythmFascinatin' RhythmBronco BustersCactus Time In ArizonaEmbraceable YouBidin' My TimeBut Not For MeCould You Use MeTreat Me RoughHappy Birthday Ginger
Glamour Girl	1947	Gene Krupa Band SONGS Gene's BoogieAnywhereWithout Imagination
Glorifying The American Girl	1930	Rudy Vallee Orch Helen Morgan, Eddie Cantor SONGS What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?Cheap CharlieBlue SkiesI'm Just A Vagabond LoverAt SundownBeautiful ChangesSam The Old Accordion ManThere Must Be Somebody Waiting For MeBaby Face V
Going Hollywood	1933	Lennie Hayton conducting Bing Crosby, Marion Davies SONGS TemptationWe'll Make Hay While The Sun ShinesOur Big Love SceneGoing HollywoodCinderella's FellaAfter SundownBeautiful GirlJust An Echo In The Valley
Going Places	1938	Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan Dick Powell SONGS Jeepers CreepersSay It With A KissOh, What A Horse Was CharleyMutiny In The Nursery
Good News	1930	Abe Lyman Orch, Cliff Edwards SONGS Varsity DragThe Best Things In Life Are FreeLucky In LoveThat's How You Know we're Co-EdsHe's A Ladies ManGood NewsTait SongStudents Are WeIf You're Not Kissing MeFootballI Feel PessimisticGee But I'd Like To Make You Happy
Greenwich Village	1944	Les Hite Orch Carmen Miranda (music featuring Les Hite not known) SONGS I Like To Be Loved By YouI'm Down To My Last DreamIt Goes To Your ToesGive Me A Band And A BandanaOh BrotherIt's All For Art's SakeI Have To See You PrivatelyThis Is Our Lucky Day You Make Me So MadNever BeforeI've Been Smiling In My SleepTell Me It's YouThat Thing They Talk AboutWhisperingSwingin' Down The LaneWhen You Wore A TulipI'm Just Wild About Harry
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