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 'Who Sang What On The Screen' by Alan Warner (1984)

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 : T-Z

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Take It Big	1944	Ozzie Nelson Band Harriet Hilliard Frank Forrest Jack Haley Richard Lane SONGS Sunday, Monday Or AlwaysLove And LearnLife Can Be BeautifulTake It BigI'm A Big Success With You V
Talk About A Lady	1946	Stan Kenton Orch Jinx Falkenburg SONGS You Gotta Do What Whatcha Gotta DoI Never Had A Dream Come TrueA Mist Is Over The Moon
Taxi	1931	Les Hite Orch James Cagney Loretta Young SONGS ?
Thanks A Million	1935	Paul Whiteman Orch Dick Powell Yacht Club Boys SONGS Thanks A MillionI'm Sitting High On A HilltopSugar PlumNew O'leansSing BrotherI've Got A Pocketful Of SunshineThe Square Deal PartyHappy Days Are Here Again
Thanks For Listening	1937	Pinky Tomlin Maureen O'Sullivan Jonah Jones (tr) SONGS The Love Bug Will Bite YouI Like To Make Music
That's My Gal	1947	Jan Savitt and his Tophatters SONGS That's My GirlTake It AwayThe Music In My Heart Is YouFor You And MeSentimentalHitchhike To Happiness720 In The Books
That's Right You're Wrong	1939	Kay Kyser Orch Ginny Simms Harry Babbit SONGS I'm Fit To Be TiedScatterbrainLittle Red FoxThe Answer Is LoveChatterboxHappy Birthday To Love
This Is The Life	1944	Ray Eberle Orch Bobby Brook Quartet Donald O'Connor Susanna Foster Peggy Ryan SONGS Gremlin WalkIt's The GirlYippee-I-VotWith A Song In My HeartAll Or Nobody At AllYou're A LallapaloozaAt SundownL'Amour Toujours L'Amour
Thousands Cheer	1943	Kay Kyser Orch Bob Crosby Orch Benny Carter Orch Hazel Scott Kathryn Grayson Jose Iturbi Mickey Rooney Lena Horne Ann Sothern Gene Kelly Virginia O'Brien SONGS In A Little Spanish TownHoneysuckle RoseTico TicoThe Joint Is Really Jumpin' In Carnegie HallDaybreakThree Letters In The MailboxLet There Be MusicThe United Natiions On The MarchThe Mop Dance I Dug A Ditch In WichitaLet Me Call You SweetheartShould I?American Patrol
Thrill Of A Romance	1945	Tommy Dorsey Orch Xavier Cugat Orch King Sisters Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Robert Allen SONGS Please Don't Say No, Say MaybeI Should CareLovely NightVive L'AmourThrill Of A RomanceSchubert's Serenade
Thrill Of Brazil	1946	Enric Madriguera Tito Guizar Ann Miller SONGS Thrill Of BrazilCopacabanaCustom HouseA Man Is Brother To A MuleThat's Good Enough For MeMy Sleepy Guitar
Thunderbolt	1929	Theresa Harris Curtis Mosby's Dixieland Blue Blowers George Bancroft Fay Wray SONGS Daddy Won't You Please Come Home(Sittin' Around)Thinkin' About My Baby
Time Out Out For Rhythm	1941	Glen Gray Casa Loma Orch Eddie Durant's Rhumba Orch Ann Miller Rudy Vallee Six Hits And A Miss SONGS Boogie Woogie ManTime Out For RhythmAs If You Didn't KnowObviously The Gentleman Prefers To DanceThe Rio De JanieroShows How Wrong A Gal Can BeTwiddlin' My ThumbsDid Anyone Ever Tell You?
To Beat The Band	1935	Johnny Mercer And His California Collegians Fred Keating Orch Helen Broderick SONGS Eeny-Meeny-Miney-MoI Saw Her At Eight O'ClockIf You Were MineMeet Miss AmericaSanta Claus Came In The Spring
Too Many Blondes	1941	Rudy Vallee Helen Parrish Iris Adrian Humberto Herpera Orch SONGS Whistle Your Blues To A BluebirdDon't Mind If I DoLet's Love AgainThe Man On The Flying Trapeze
Top Man (GB:Man Of The Family)	1943	Count Basie Orch Borah Minnevich And His Harmonica Rascals Donald O'Connor Susanna Foster SONGS Wrap Your Troubles In DreamsBasie BoogieDark Eyes
Trocadero	1944	Gus Arnheim Orch Matty Malneck Orch Bob Chester Orch Wingy Manone Band Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs Ida James SONGS The Music Goes Round And RoundShoo Shoo BabyRoundabout WayBull Frog JumpHow Could You Do That To Me?The King Was Doing The RhumbaTrying To ForgetCan't Take The Place Of You
Turn Off The Moon	1937	Phil Harris Orch Charles Ruggles Marjorie Gateson SONGS Turn Off The MonnEasy On The EyesJammin'That's Southern HospitalityLittle Wooden Soldier
Twenty Million Sweethearts	1934	Ted Fiorito Orch Dick Powell Pat O'Brien Ginger Rogers Mills Brothers SONGS I'll String Along With YouFair And WarmerOut For No GoodWhat Are Your Intentions?How'm I Doin'?The Man On The Flying Trapeze
Twilight On The Prairie	1944	Jack Teagarden Orch Eddie Quillan Johnny Downs SONGS Let's Love AgainWhere The Prairie Meets The SkyDon't You Ever Be A CowboyTexas PolkaNo Letter TodayI Got Mellow In The Yellow Of The MoonSip Nip SongSalt Water CowboyThe BluesLittle Brown JugAnd Then
Two Blondes And A Redhead	1947	Tony Pastor Orch Jean Porter June Preisser Judy Clark SONGS It's So EasyAll I Know Is Si SiBoogie Woogie From NowhereOn The Sunny Side Of The Street
Two Girls And A Sailor	1944	Harry James Band Xavier Cugat Orch Lena Horne Lina Romay June Allyson Gloria De Haven Van Johnson Virginia O'Brien Jimmy Durante SONGS Paper DollTake It EasyInka Dinka DooMy Mother Told MeA Love Like OursIn A Moment Of MadnessYoung Man With A HornSweet And LovelyGranadaEstrellitaA-Tisket-A-TasketDid You Ever Have The Feeling?FlashCharmaineBabalu The Thrill Of A New RomanceYou DearCastles In The AirWho Will Be With When I Am Far Away?DardanellaMy Wonderful One Let's Dance
The Vagabond Lover Order the video of Vagabond Lover Today! (NTSC format)	1929	Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut yankees Sally Blane Marie Dressler SONGS I'm Just A Vagabond LoverIf You were The Only Girl In The WorldA Little Kiss Each MorningGeorgie PorgieI Love You, Believe Me I Love YouI'll Be Reminded Of You V
The Varsity Show	1937	Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians Dick Powell Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Buck And Bubbles SONGS Love Is On The Air TonightMoonlight On The CampusOld King ColeHave You Got Any Castles Baby?We're Working Our Way Through CollegeOn With The DanceYou've Got Something ThereWhen Your College Days Are Gone
Weekend At The Waldorf	1945	Xavier Cugat Orch Van Johnson Lana Turner SONGS And There You Are TV
What's Buzzin' Cousin?	1943	Freddy Martin Orch Ann Miller SONGS Ain't That Just Like A ManShort Fat And 4FNevadaKnocked Out Nocturne$18.75
What's Cookin'? (GB:Wake Up And Dream)	1942	Woody Herman Orch Andrews Sisters Jane Frazee Jivin' Jacks And Jills Robert Paige Gloria Jean SONGS What To Do(AS)Blue Flame(WHO)Woodchoppers' Ball(WHO)I'll Pray For You(JF,AS,GJ)Amen (Yes, Man)(WHO)You Can't Hold A Memory In Your Arms(JF, WHO)IfLove Laughs At Anything
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	1943	Phil Spitalny and his All-Girl Orchesra Allan Jones Jane Frazee Gloria Jean Four Step Brothers SONGS This Is ItSay It With DancingThis Is Worth Fighting ForWhen Johnnny Comes Marching HomeOne Of Us Has Gotta GoWe Must Be Vigilant
Wintertime	1943	Woody Herman Orch Sonia Henie Jack Oakie SONGS WintertimeLater TonightDancing In The DawnI'm All A-Twitter Over YouWe Always Get Our GirlI Like It HereIce Ballet
The Yanks Are Coming	1942	Henry King Orch Mary Healy Parkyakarkus SONGS I Must Have Priorities On Your LoveDon't Fool Around With Your Heart
You Can't Have Everything	1937	Louis Prima Band Alice Faye Don Ameche Tony Martin Ritz Brothers SONGS You Cant Have EverythingPlease Pardon Us We're In LoveThe Loveliness Of YouAfraid To DreamDanger Love At WorkLong UnderwearIt's A Southern HolidayRhythm On The Radio
You Can't Ration Love	1944	Artega All-Girl Orch Betty Rhodes Johnny 'Scat' Davis Johnnie Johnston SONGS Love Is ThisOoh-A-OhLook At What You Did To MeHow Did It Happen?I Don't Want To Walk Without YouOodles Of NoodlesOne O'Clock JumpLouise
You'll Find Out	1940	Kay Kyser Orch Helen Parrish Ginny Simms Harry Babbit SONGS You've Got Me This WayLike The Fella Once SaidThe Bad Humour ManI'd Know You AnywhereI've Got A One Track MindDon't Think It Ain't Been Charming
You're The One	1941	Orrin Tucker Orch Wee Bonnie Baker Jerry Colonna Lillian Cornell SONGS Strawberry LaneI Could Kiss You For ThatMy Resistance is LowThe Yogi Who Lost His Will PowerYou're The One For MeGee I Wish I'd Listened To My MotherOh Johnny Oh
Youth On Parade	1942	Bob Crosby Orch Ruth Tery John Hubbard Martha O'Driscoll (Dubbed Margaret Whiting) SONGS I've Heard That Song BeforeYou're So Good To MeCotcha Too Ta MeeYou Got To Study Buddy
You Were Never Lovelier	1942	Xavier Cugat Orch Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Nan Wynn*) Lina Romay SONGS Audition DanceDearly Beloved*Shorty GeorgeI'm Old FashionedWedding In The SpringYou Were Never LovelierThese OrchidsChiu ChiuOn The Beam
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