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 2000vintage@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 '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, Blackstar or Turner. 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 : H-K

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Half Marriage	1929	Gus Arnheim Orch .....
Hallelujah	1929	Nina Mae McKinney Victoria Spivey Daniel L. Haynes, Dixie Jubilee Singers SONGS Swanee ShuffleWaiting At The End Of The Roadseveral negro spirituals
Happy Days	1930	George Olsen Orch, Whispering Jack Smith, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Dixie Lee SONGS MonaSnake HipsCrazy FeetI'm On A Diet Of LoveMinstrel MemoriesWe'll Build A Little World Of Our OwnA Toast To The Girl I LoveDream On A Piece Of Wedding CakeVic And Eddie
Harlem After Midnight	1934	Leon Gross Band SONGS DinahSweet Georgia BrownI Got Rhythm
Harvest Melody	1943	Eddie Le Baron Orch SONGS You Could Have Knocked me Over wth A FeatherPut It In ReverseLet's Drive Out To A Drive-InTenderly
Hat Check Honey	1943	Freddie Slack Orch, Harry Owens Orch, Ted Weems Orch SONGS Sligtly SentimentalNice To Know YouA Dream AgoRockin' With YouA Small Batch O'NodLoose WigDrumolaRhythm Of The IslandsIt Happened In Kahola
The Heat's On	1943	Xavier Cugat Orch, Hazel Scott, Mae West SONGS Just A Stranger In TownHello Mi AmigoThe White Keys And The Black KeysThere Goes That GuitarAntonioThe Caissons Go Rolling AlongThere Goes My HeartThinking About The Wabash V
Hellzapoppin	1941	Rex Stewart (tr) Slim and Slam Martha Raye SONGS Watch The BirdieWhat Kind Of Love Is This?You Were ThereHeaven For twoHellzapoppinPutting On The DogGongerooConga BesoWaiting For The Robert E. Lee
Her Majesty Love	1931	Orchestra ? Marilyn Miller, W C Fields SONGS You're baby-Minded NowBecause Of YouDon't Ever Be BlueThough You're Not The First Wine
Here Come The Co-Eds	1945	Phil Spitalny All-Girl Orch, Abbott And Costello SONGS I Don't Care If I Never Dream AgainHooray For Our SideJumping On Saturday NightSomeday We Will RememberLet's Play House
Here Comes Elmer	1943	Jan Garber Orch, Nat 'King' Cole Trio SONGS Straighten Up And Fly RightDon't Be Afraid To Tell Your MotherYou're So Good To MeHitch Old Dobbin To The Shay AgainPut On Your Old Gray Bonnet
Here Comes The Band	1935	Ted Lewis Orch SONGS Heading HomeRoll Along Prairie MoonTender Is The NightYou're My ThrillI'm Bound For HeavenThe Army Band
Hi-De-Ho	1947	Cab Calloway Orch....
Hi Good Lookin'	1944	Ozzie Nelson Orch, Jack Teagarden Orch Harriet Hilliard, Delta Rhythm Boys SONGS You're Just The Sweetest ThingDeacon JonesAunt Hagar's BluesJust A Stowaway On A Ship Of DreamsA Slight Case Of LoveBy MistakeI Won't Forget The DawnPaper Doll
High School Hero	1946	Freddie Slack Orch, Jan Savitt Orch SONGS You're For MeCome To My ArmsWhitney HighNight Time And YouYou're Just What I CraveFairview HighSouthpaw Serenade
Hit Parade (GB: I'll Reach For A Star)	1937	Duke Ellington Orch, Eddy Duchin Orch, Carl Hoff Orch Frances Langford Phil Regan SONGS I've Got To Be A Rug CutterSweet HeartacheHail Alma MaterLast Night I Dreamed Of YouYou'd Like ItI'll Reach For A StarThe Lady Wants To DanceWas It Rain?Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You
Hit Parade 1941	1941	Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Six Hits And A Miss, Borra Minnevitch Harmonica Rascals SONGS Who Am I?Swing Low Sweet RhythmIn The Cool Of The EveningMake Yourself At HomeDinahMargieMary Lou
Hit Parade 1943	1943	Count Basie Orch, Ray McKinley Orch, Freddy Martin Orch SONGS Take A ChanceA Change Of HeartWho Took Me Home Last Night?Tam Boom BahThat's How To Write A SongHarlem SandmanDo These Old Eyes Deceive Me?Yankee Doodle TankNobody's Sweetheart
Hit Parade 1947	1947	Woody Herman Orch SONGS Couldn't Be More In LoveThe Customer Is Always WrongI Threw A Kiss To A StarThe Cats Are Going To The DogsIs There Anyone Here From Texas?I Guess I'll Have That Dream Right NowChiquita From Santa AnitaBrooklyn BuckarrosOut California Way
Hit The Ice	1943	Johnny Long Orch, Ginny Simms, Abbott And Costello SONGS I'm Like A Fish Out Of WaterHappiness BoundI'd Like To Set You To Music>Slap Polka
Hold That Ghost (or Oh Charlie)	1941	Andrews Sisters, Ted Lewis, Abbott and Costello SONGS Sleepy SerenadeAuroraWhen My Baby Smiles At MeMe And My Shadow
Holiday Inn You can order a video of Holiday Inn Today! (NTSC format)	1942	Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Bob Crosby's Bobcats SONGS White ChristmasI'll Capture Your Heart SingingLazyYou're Easy To Dance WithHappy HolidayHoliday InnLet's Start The New Year RightBe Careful It's My HeartI Can't Tell A LieEaster ParadeSong Of FreedomPlenty To Be Thankful ForLet's Say It With Firecrackers TV, V
Hollywood Canteen	1944	Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Carmen Cavallaro Orch, Andrews Sisters Joe E Brown, Eddie Cantor, Sons Of The Pioneers with Bob Nolan SONGS Don't Fence Me InYou Can Always Tell A YankWhat Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?We're Having A Baby(My Baby And Me)Sweet Dreams SweetHeartHollywood CanteenI'm Getting Corns For My CountryOnce To Every HeartTumbling TumbleweedsKing Porter StompThe General Jumped At DawnBallet In JiveVoodoo Moon
Hollywood Hotel	1938	Benny Goodman Orch, Benny Goodman Quartet, Raymond Paige Orch Dick Powell Rosemary Lane SONGS Hooray For HollywoodI'm A Ding Dong Daddy From DumasBlue MoonSing Sing SingDark EyesSing You Son Of A GunI'm Like A Fish Out Of WaterI've Got A Heartful Of MusicI've Hitched My Wagon To A StarCalifornia Here I ComeSilouetted In The MoonlightLet That Be A Lesson To YouCan't Teach My My Old Heart New Tricks V
Hollywood Party	1934	Ted Healy Orch Laurel And Hardy, Jimmy Durante SONGS I've Had My MomentsFeelin' HighHollywood PartyHelloReincarnationHot Chocolate Soldiers
Honeymoon Lodge	1943	Ozzie Nelson Orch Harriet Hilliard, Ray Eberle, Bobby Brooke SONGS Do I Worry?I'm Through With LoveWhy Don't You Fall In Love With Me?I Never KnewJersey Jive
Hooray For Love	1935	Fats Waller Bill Robinson, Ann Sothern, Jeni LeGon SONGS Hooray For LoveI'm In Love All Over AgainI'm Living In A Great Big Way(FW,BR,JLG)You're An AngelGot A Snap In My FingersPalsie Walsie
Howdy Broadway	.	. Songs ?
I Ain't Gonna Open That Door	1947	Earl Bostic's Band SONGS
Iceland	1942	Sammy Kaye Orch Sonja Henie, Jack Oakie, John Payne SONGS There Will Never Be Another YouIt's A Lovers'KnotLet's Bring New Glory To Old GloryI Like A Military Tune
Idea Girl	1946	Charlie Barnet Orch Julie Bishop SONGS I Don't Care If I Never Dream AgainI Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
I Dood It(GB: By Hook Or By Crook)	1943	Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly, Lena Horne, Hazel Scott, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell SONGS Star EyesOne O'Clock JumpTaking A Chance On LoveJerichoHola E PaeSo Long Sarah JaneSwinging The Jinx Away TV
If I'm Lucky	1946	Harry James and His Music Makers Perry Como; Vivian Blaine, Carmen Miranda SONGS If I'm LuckyOne More KissPublicityBet Your Bottom DollarFollow The BandThat American Look
I Love A Bandleader or Memory For Two)	1945	Phil Harris Orch Leslie Brooks SONGS Good, Good, Good V
International House Order the video of International House Today! (NTSC format)	1933	Cab Calloway Orch, Rudy Vallee Baby Rose Marie, W C Fields SONGS Reefer ManThank Heaven For YouMy Bluebird's Singing The BluesShe was A China Tea Cup and He was Just A Mug V
Is Everybody Happy?	1929	Ted Lewis Orch Alice Day Ann Pennington SONGS I'm The Medicine Man For The BluesWouldn't It Be WonderfulSamoaNew OrleansIs Everybody Happy Now?In The Land Of JazzStart Up The BandSt Louis BluesTiger Rag
Is Everybody Happy?	1943	Ted Lewis Orch Larry Parks Michael Duanne SONGS It Had To Be YouMore Than Anyone Else In The WorldThis Old High Hat Of MineCuddle Up A Little CloserI'm Just Wild About HarryWay Down Yonder In New OrleansOn The Sunny Side Of The StreetSt Louis BluesPretty BabyAm I Blue?
Jammin' The Blues	1944	Lester Young, Harry Edison Illinois Jacquet, Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Sidney Catlett Marie Bryant SONGS On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Jam Session	1944	Charlie Barnet Orch, (real band does not appear) Louis Armstrong, Teddy Powell Orch, Glen Gray Orch, Jan Garber Orch, The Pied Pipers, Nan Wynn, Ann Miller SONGS CherokeeI Can't Give You Anything But LoveSt Louis BluesMurder He SaysTeddy Bear BoogieJive BomberC-Jam Blues No Name JiveI Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake CityIt Started All Over AgainBrazilVictory Polka
Jivin' In Be Bop	1947	Dizzy Gillespie Helen Humes SONGS Salt PeanutsShaw 'NuffOop Bop Sh'BamDizzy AtmosphereOne BASS hITtHINGS tO cOME
Juke Box Jenny	1942	Charlie Barnet Orch, Wingy Manone Orch, Milt Herth Trio King's Men, Harriet Hilliard SONGS Swing It Mother GooseGive OutMacumbaFifty Million NickelsSweet GenevieveThen You'll Remember Me
Junction 88	1947	Noble Sissle Orch....
Junior Prom	1946	Abe Lyman Orch, Eddie Heywood Orch SONGS Keep The BeatTen Canteen(All Of A Sudden) My Heart SingsTrimball For PresidentLoch LomondIt's Me Oh Lawd
Kansas City Kitty	1944	Bob Crosby Jane Frazee, Williams Brothers SONGS Kansas City KittyNothing Boogie from NowherePretty Kitty Blue EyesTico Tico
King Of Burlesque	1936	Fats Waller Alice Faye, Jack Oakie SONGS I'm Shooting HighToo Good To Be TrueWhose Big Baby Are You?I've Got My Fingers CrossedSpreading Rhythm AroundLovely LadyI Love To Ride The Horses
King Of Jazz You can order a video of The King of Jazz Today! (NTSC format)	1930	Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby (Rhythm Boys), John Boles, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Jeannie Lang, Brox Sisters SONGS A Bench In The ParkHappy FeetRhapsody in BlueSo The Bluebirds And Blackbirds Got TogetherIt Happened In MontereySong Of The DawnMississippi MudMusic Hath CharmsWhen Day Is DoneNolaLinger AwhileRagamuffin RomeoThe Melting Pot Of JazzBridal Veil TV, V
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Can you fill in any of the gaps or know any other American movies featuring Jazz or Dance Bands ?

Then please e-mail me.