Vintage Popular Music in American Films

this page first published by John Wright, 26 Oct 1997
last update 16 May 2007vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

Films featuring American Entertainers or Popular Songs 1927-1947

Films: R

Also check for entertainers in the American jazz and dance band films listing.

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

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 the page.

Films : R

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Rags To Riches	1941	. SONGS The Call Of LoveNever, Never, Never
Rainbow Island	1944	Dororthy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb SONGS BelovedWhat A Day TomorrowWe Have So Little TimeThe Boogie Woogie Boogie Man Will Get You (If You Don't Watch Out)
Rainbow Man	1929	Eddie Dowling, Marian Nixon SONGS Little PalRainbow manSleepy Valley
Rainbow On The River	1936	Bobby Breen SONGS Rainbow On The RiverA Thousand Dreams Of YouYou Only Live OnceWaiting For The Sun To Rise
Rainbow Over Broadway	1934	Grace Hayes SONGS I Must Be In Love With LoveDance My Blues Away
The Rains Came	1939	. SONGS The Rains Came
Rascals	1938	Jane Withers, Borrah Minnevitch Harmonica Gang SONGS Blue Is The EveningTake A Tip From A GypsyWhat A Gay OccasionSong Of The Gypsy Band
Razor's Edge	1946	. SONGS Mam'selle
Reaching For The Moon	1931	. SONGS Reaching For The MoonWhen The Folks High Up Do The New Lowdown
Ready Willing And Able	1937	Ruby Keeler, Ross Alexander SONGS Too Marvellous For WordsJust A Quiet EveningSentimental And MelancholyGasoline GypsiesThe World Is My AppleHandy With Your FeetThere's A Little Old HouseReady Willing And Able
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm You can order a video of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Today! (NTSC format)	1938	Shirley Temple, Jack Haley, Bill Robinson, Raymond Scott Quintet SONGS On The Good Ship LollipopWhen I'm With YouAnimal CrackersCrackly Corn FlakesAlone With YouHappy EndingAu Revoir Come And Get Your HappinessParade Of The Wooden SoldiersAn Old Straw Hat V
Reckless	1935	Jean Harlow (voice of Virginia Verrill), Carl Randall, Nina Mae McKinney, Allan Jones SONGS RecklessEverything's Been Done BeforeHear What My Heart Is SayingTrocaderoCyclone
Reckless Age	1944	Gloria Jean, Harold Nicholas, Delta Rhythm Boys SONGS The Cradle SongIl BacioSanta LuciaMama Yo QuieroGet On Board Little ChildrenVery Often On My Face
Reckless Living	1938	. SONGS When The Stars Go To Sleep
Red-Headed Woamn	1932	. SONGS Red-Headed Woman
Redhead From Manhattan	1943	Lupe Velez SONGS Why Be Downhearted?An Ounce Of BounceThe FiestingoLet's Fall In LineI'm UndecidedTwiddling My Thumbs
Redheads On Parade	1935	Dixie Lee; John Boles; Jack Haley SONGS .
Red Hot Rhythm	1929	Alan Hale Kathryn Crawford Josephine Dunn SONGS At Last I'm In Love
Red River Riding Hood	1942	Cliff Edwards SONGS Twilight On The Prairie
Red Salute (or Her Enlisted Man)	1935	Cliff Edwards SONGS I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?(CE)
Remember Last Night	1935	. SONGS Remember Last Night
Reno	1930	. SONGS As Long As We're Together
Rhythm In The Clouds	1937	Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull SONGS Don't Ever ChangeHawaiian HospitalityTwo Hearts Are Dancing
Rhythm Of The Islands	1936	Allan Jones, Jane Frazee SONGS Savage SerenadeTropic LullabyBlue MistChant Of The Tom TomManhattan IsleIsle Of RomanceI've Set My Mind On You
Rhythm On The Range You can order a video of Rhythm on the Range Today! (NTSC format)	1936	Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Frances Farmer SONGS Empty SaddlesMr PagananinI'm An Old CowhandI Can't Escape From YouDrink It DownHang Up My SaddleYou'll Have To Swing It(If You Can't Sing It)The House Jack Built For Jill Hang Up My SaddleRhythm On The RangeMemoriesRound-Up Lullaby V
Rhythm On The River	1940	Bing Crosby, Mary Martin SONGS Rhythm On The RiverOnly ForeverThat's For MeAin't It A Shame About Mame?When The Moon Comes Over Madison SquareWhat Would Shakespeare Have Said?
Riders Of The Badlands or Outlaw Rangers	1941	Cliff Edwards songs not known, see Cliff Edwards website
Riders Of The Northland or Return Of The Rough Riders	1942	Cliff Edwards SONGS Silver Sage In The TwilightWe’ll Carry The Torch For Miss Liberty
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride	1940	. SONGS The Woodpecker Song
Ridin' On A Rainbow	1941	. SONGS Hunky DorySing A Song Of LaughterWhat's Your Favourite Holiday?I'm The One Who's Lonely
Rio	1939	. SONGS Love Opened My Eyes
Rio Rita	1929	John Boles, Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, (Wheeler & Woolsey) Dorothy Lee Eva Rosita SONGS Rio RitaSweetheart We Need Each Other(BD)You're Always In My Arms(But Ony In My Dreams)(JB,BD)Following The Sun AroundIf You're In Love You'll Waltz(BD) The Kinkajou(DL)The Ranger's Song(JB)Jumping Bean(DL)Siesta TimeEspanola(RW)The Spanish Shawl(ER)Are You There?(DL,BW)Out On The Loose(BW)Poor Fool(BD)Over The Boundary LineLong Before You Came Along
Rio Rita	1942	Abbott and Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll SONGS Rio RitaRanger's SongLong Before You Came AlongBrazillian Dance>Ora O Conga TV
Riptide	1934	. SONGS We're Together Again
Rise And Shine	1941	Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell SONGS I'm Making A Play For YouCentral Two Two Oh OhI Want To Be The GuyHail To BolenciecwczGet Thee Behind Me ClaytonMen Of Clayton
River Of Romance	1929	. SONGS My Lady Love
Road Show	1941	Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou SONGS I Should have Known You Years AgoSlav AnnieYum YumCalliope Jane
Road To Morocco You can order a video of Road to Morocco Today! (NTSC format)	1942	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour SONGS Moonlight Becomes YouRoad To MoroccoConstantlyAin't Got A Dime To My NameAladdin's Daughter TV, V
Road To Reno	1938	. SONGS Ridin' HomeI Gave My Heart AwayTonight Is The Night
Road To Rio You can order a video of Road to Rio Today! (NTSC format)	1948	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Andrews Sisters SONGS You Don't Have To Know The LanguageBut BeautifulExperienceApalachicola FlaCavaquinhoBrazilFor What TV, V
Road To Singapore	1931	. SONGS Hand In Hand
Road To Singapore You can order a video of Road to Singapore Today! (NTSC format)	1940	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour SONGS Sweet Potato PiperToo RomanticKaigoonCaptain CustardThe Moon And The Willow Tree TV, V
Road To Utopia	1946	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour SONGS PersonalityWelcome To My DreamPut It There PalIt's Anybody's SpringWould YouGood-time Charley
Road To Zanzibar	1941	Bing Cropsby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour SONGS You Lucky People, YouIt's Always YouYou're DangerousOn The Road To ZanzibarBirds Of A FeatherAfrican Etude
Roadhouse Nights	1930	Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles, Jimmy Durante SONGS Everything Is On The Up And UpHello, Everybody, FolksIt Can't Go On Like This
The Roaring Twenties	1939	Priscilla Lane Humphey Bogart James Cagney SONGS I'm Just Wild About HarryIt Had To Be You TV
Roberta	1935	Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers SONGS Smoke Gets In Your EyesLet's BeginYesterdaysI'll Be Hard To HandleYou're DevastatingThe Touch Of Your HandDon't Ask Me Not To SingLovely To Look AtI Won't DanceIndiana TV
Rogue Song	1930	Lawrence Tibbett SONGS When I'm Looking At YouSong Of The ShirtRogue SongThe White Dove
Roman Scandals You can order a video of Roman Scandals Today! (NTSC format)	1933	Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting SONGS Keep Young And Beautiful(EC)No More Love(RE)Build A Little Home(EC)Put A Tax On Love(EC)Rome Wasn't Built In A Day V
Romance In The Dark	1938	Gladys Swartout, John Boles, John Barrymore SONGS Tonight We LoveBlue DawnBewitched By The NightRomance In The DarkThe Nearness Of You
Rosalie	1937	Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy SONGS I've A Strange New Rhythm In My HeartRosalieIn The Still Of The NightWho Knows?Spring Love Is In The AirWhy Should I Love?It's All Over But The ShoutingTo Love Or Not To LoveM'Appariand several medleys
Rose Marie	1936	. SONGS Pardom me, madameJust For You
Rose Of The Rancho	1936	John Boles, Gladys Swartout SONGS If I Should Lose YouThunder Over The PrairieLittle Rose Of The RanchoGot A Girl In Californi-ayThere's Gold In MontereyWhere Is My Love?The Padre And The Bride
Rose Of Washington Square You can order a video of Rose of Washington Square Today! (NTSC format)	1939	Alice Faye, Al Jolson, Louis Prima SONGS California Here I ComeMy MammyPretty Baby Toot Toot Tootsie GoodbyeRock-a-bye Your Baby With A Dixie MelodyMy ManI Never Knew Heaven Could SpeakRose Of Washington SquareThe Curse Of An Aching Heart I'm Just Wild About HarryJa DaI'm Sorry I Made You CryThe Vamp V
Rosie The Riveter (GB:In Rosie's Room)	1944	Jane Frazee Frank Albertson Vera Vague SONGS Rosie The RiveterWhy Can't I Sing A Love Song?
The Royal Rodeo	1939	Cliff Edwards songs not known, see Cliff Edwards website
Rumba	1935	George Raft, Carole Lombard SONGS I'm Yours For TonightThe Magic Of YouRhythm Of The RumbaYour Eyes Have SaidIf I Knew
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