Vintage Popular Music in American Films

Films featuring American Entertainers or Popular Songs 1927-1947

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

Films: G

Also check for entertainers in the films list featuring American jazz and dance bands

Recent updates to listing:

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

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

Updates from Dave Garrick's Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) website

Updates from Memory Lane articles by Doug Wilkins, and subsequent letters

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 : G

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
The Gang's All Here	1943	Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman Orch; Pied Pipers 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
The Gangster	1947	Belita SONGS Paradise
Gay Bride	1934	. SONGS Mississippi Honeymoon
Gay Divorcee You can order a video of Gay Divorcee Today! (NTSC format)	1934	Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Edward Everett Horton SONGS Night And DayThe ContinentalLet's K-nock K-neesNeedle In A HaystackDon't Let It Bother You V
George White's Scandals	1934	Alice Faye, Jimmy Durante, Cliff Edwards, Dixie Dunbar SONGS Hold My HandOh, You Nasty ManSo Nice(CE)My Dog Loves Your Dog(CE)Sweet And SimpleSix Women(CE)Following In Mother's Footsteps Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby(CE)Picking CottonThe Man On The Flying Trapeze
George White's 1935 Scandals	1935	Alice Faye, Eleanor Powell, Cliff Edwards SONGS Oh, I Didn't KnowYou Belong To MeIt's An Old Southern Custom(CE)According To The MoonlightI Was Born Too Late(CE)I Got Shoes, You Got Shoesies(CE) Hunkadola(CE)It's Time To Say Goodnight
George White's 1945 Scandals	1945	Jack Haley, Joan Davis, Ethel Smith, Gene Krupa Band SONGS I Wake Up In The MorningHow'd You Get Out Of My Dreams?I Want To Be A DrummerWho Killed Vaudeville?Bolero In The JungleWishing
Get Going	1943	Grace McDonald Robert Paige Vera Vague SONGS Got LoveHold That Line
Ghost Catchers	1944	. SONGS Blue Candlelight And Red RosesThree Cheers For The CustonmersQuoth The Raven
Gilda	1946	Rita Hayworth dubbed by Anita Ellis SONGS Put The Blame On Mame
Girl Crazy	1932	Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey (Wheeler & Woolsey) Mitzi Green Dorothy Lee Eddie Quillan SONGS You've Got What Gets MeCould You Use Me?But Not For MeI Got RhythmEmbraceable YouSam And Delilah
The Girl Friend	1935	. SONGS Two TogetherWhat Is The Power?Welcome To NapoleonNapoleon's Exile
The Girl From Havana	1940	. SONGS QueridaThe Girl From Havana
Girl From Mexico	1938	Lupe Velez SONGS Negra ConsentinaChiapanecas
Girl From Missouri	1934	Jean Harlow SONGS Moonlight Waltz
Girl From Monterey	1943	Armida Terry Frost SONGS Last Night's All OverThe Girl From Monterey
The Girl Of The Golden West	1938	Cliff Edwards and ? SONGS Who Are We To SaySoldiers Of FortuneShadows On The MoonSenoritaSun-up To SundownThe Wind In The TreesThe West Ain't Wild AnymoreDream Of LoveThe Girl Of The Golden WestOh! Susanna(CE)
Girl Rush	1944	Frances Langford Wally Brown Alan Carney SONGS Rainbow ValleyIf Mother Could Only See us Now
Give Me A Sailor	1938	. SONGS What Goes On Here In My HeartA Little Kiss At TwilightThe USA And YouIt Don't Make Sense
Give Out Sisters	1942	. SONGS The New Generation
Glamour Boy	1941	Jackie Cooper Darryl Hickman Susanna Foster SONGS The Magic Of MagnoliasLove Is Such An Old-Fashioned Thing
G-Men	1935	Ann Dvorak SONGS You Bother Me An Awful Lot
Go Into Your Dance or Casino De Paree	1935	Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Helen Morgan SONGS About A Quarter To NineShe's A Latin From ManhattanThe Little Things You Used To DoCielito LindoGo Into Your DanceMammy, I'll Sing About You A Good Old-Fashioned Cocktail With A Good Old-Fashioned GirlCasino De Paree
Golden Earrings	1947	Marlene Dietrich Murvyn Vye SONGS Golden Earrings
Go West	1941	Marx Brothers SONGS Ridin' The RangeYou Can't Argue With LoveAs If I Don't KnowLand Of The Sky Blue WaterBeautiful DreamerOh Susanna
Go West Young Man	1936	Mae West SONGS I Was Saying To The MoonOn A Typical Tropical NightGo West Young Man
Goin' To Town	1935	Mae West SONGS Love Is Love In Any Woman's HeartHe's A Bad Bad Man But He's Good Enough For MeNow I'm A LadySoftly Awakes My Heart
Going My Way	1944	Bing Crosby SONGS Swingin' On A StarThe Day After ForeverGoing My WaySilent NightHabaneraToo-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-RaAve Maria
Gold Diggers In Paris	1938	Rudy Vallee SONGS The Latin QuarterI Wanna Go Back To BaliPut That Down In WritingA Stranger In PareeDay Dreaming All Night LongWaltz Of The FlowersMy Adventure
Gold Diggers Of Broadway	1929	Nick Lucas, Winnie Lightner SONGS Tiptoe Through The TulipsPainting The Clouds With SunshineIn A KitchenetteGo To BedAnd Still They Fall In LoveWhat Will I Do Without You?Mechanical ManSong Of The Gold DiggersKeeping The Wolf From The Door
Gold Diggers Of 1933	1933	. SONGS We're In The Money(Gold Diggers Song)I've Got To Sing A Torch SongPettin' In The ParkThe Shadow WaltzRemember My Forgotten Man
Gold Diggers Of 1935	1935	. SONGS Lullaby Of BroadwayThe Words Are In My HeartI'm Goin' Shoppin' With You
Gold Diggers Of 1937	1937	Dick Powell Joan Blondell Lee Dixon Rosalind Marquis SONGS Let's Put Our Heads TogetherAll's Fair In Love And WarWith Plenty Of Money And YouSpeaking Of The WeatherLife Insurance SongHush Ma Mouth
The Golden Calf	1930	Sue Carol SONGS Can I Help It?I'm Telling The World About YouMaybe SomedayModernistic
Golden Earrings	1947	. SONGS Golden Earrings
The Goldwyn Follies	1938	. SONGS Love Walked InOur Love Is Here To StayI Was Doing All RightSpring AgainI Love To RhymeI'm Not Complaining
Good News	1947	June Allyson Peter Lawford SONGS Good NewsVarsity DragPass That Peace PipeFrench LessonJust ImagineLucky In LoveHe's A Ladies' ManThe Best Things In Life Are Free
Go West Young Lady	1941	. SONGS Somewhere Along The TrailGo West Young LadyMost Gentlemen Don't Prefer A LadyI Wish I Could Be A Singing CowboyDoggie Take Your TimeRise To Arms
G-Men	1936	. SONGS You Bother Me An Awful Lot TV
The Gracie Allen Murder Case	1939	. SONGS Snug As A Bug In A Rug
Grand Ole Opry	1940	Weaver family Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys George Dewey hay Uncle Dave Macon and Dorris SONGS ..
Grapes Of Wrath	1940	Henry Fonda SONGS Red River Valley
Great American Broadcast	1941	. SONGS I've Got A Bone To Pick With YouI Take To YouIt's All In A LifetimeLong Ago Last NightWhere Are You?The Great American Broadcast
The Great Gabbo	1929	Donald Douglas Marjorie Kane Erich von Stroheim Betty Compson SONGS I'm In Love With YouWeb Of LoveEvery Now And Then
The Great John L	1945	. SONGS A Friend Of YoursA Perfect Gentleman
The Great Lover	1931	Cliff Edwards songs not known, see Cliff Edwards website
Great Ziegfeld Click and order the video Today ! (NTSC format)	1936	William Powell, Louise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Dennis Morgan (billed as Stanley Morner but with Allan Jones voice) Virginia Bruce Fanny Brice Buddy Doyle SONGS A Pretty Girl Is Like A MelodyYou Gotta Pull StringsShe's A Ziegfeld Follies GirlYou Never Looked So BeautifulYou A Circus Must Be Different In A Ziegfeld ShowYiddle On Your FiddleQueen Of The JungleMy ManWon't You Come And Play With Me?It's Delightful To Be MarriedIf You Knew Susieseveral classical excerpts V
Green Dolphin Street	1947	. SONGS On Green Dolphin Street
Greenwich Village	1944	Carmen Miranda 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
A Guy Named Joe	1944	Irene Dunne SONGS I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
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