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

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Films : R

FILMDATEFEATURING
Rags To Riches1941.
Rainbow Island1944Dororthy Lamour,
Eddie Bracken,
Gil Lamb

Rainbow Man1929Eddie Dowling,
Marian Nixon

Rainbow On The River1936Bobby Breen
Rainbow Over Broadway1934Grace Hayes
The Rains Came1939.
Rascals1938Jane Withers,
Borrah Minnevitch Harmonica Gang

Razor's Edge1946.
Reaching For The Moon1931.
Ready Willing And Able1937Ruby Keeler,
Ross Alexander

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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1938Shirley Temple,
Jack Haley,
Bill Robinson,
Raymond Scott Quintet

V
Reckless1935Jean Harlow (voice of Virginia Verrill),
Carl Randall,
Nina Mae McKinney,
Allan Jones

Reckless Age1944Gloria Jean,
Harold Nicholas,
Delta Rhythm Boys

Reckless Living1938.
Red-Headed Woamn1932.
Redhead From Manhattan1943Lupe Velez
Redheads On Parade1935Dixie Lee;
John Boles;
Jack Haley

Red Hot Rhythm1929Alan Hale
Kathryn Crawford
Josephine Dunn
Red River Riding Hood1942Cliff Edwards
Red Salute
(or Her Enlisted Man)
1935Cliff Edwards
Remember Last Night1935.
Reno1930.
Rhythm In The Clouds1937Patricia Ellis,
Warren Hull

Rhythm Of The Islands1936Allan Jones,
Jane Frazee

Rhythm On The Range

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Rhythm on the Range
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1936Bing Crosby,
Martha Raye,
Frances Farmer

V
Rhythm On The River1940Bing Crosby,
Mary Martin

Riders Of The Badlands
or Outlaw Rangers
1941Cliff Edwards
songs not known, see
Cliff Edwards website
Riders Of The Northland
or Return Of The Rough Riders
1942Cliff Edwards
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride1940.
Ridin' On A Rainbow1941.
Rio1939.
Rio Rita1929John Boles,
Bebe Daniels,
Bert Wheeler,
Robert Woolsey,
(Wheeler & Woolsey)
Dorothy Lee
Eva Rosita

Rio Rita1942Abbott and Costello,
Kathryn Grayson,
John Carroll

TV
Riptide1934.
Rise And Shine1941Jack Oakie,
George Murphy,
Linda Darnell

River Of Romance1929.
Road Show1941Carole Landis,
Adolphe Menjou

Road To Morocco

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Road to Morocco
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1942Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour

TV, V
Road To Reno1938.
Road To Rio

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Road to Rio
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1948Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour,
Andrews Sisters

TV, V
Road To Singapore1931.
Road To Singapore

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Road to Singapore
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1940Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour

TV, V
Road To Utopia1946Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour

Road To Zanzibar1941Bing Cropsby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour

Roadhouse Nights1930Helen Morgan,
Charles Ruggles,
Jimmy Durante

The Roaring Twenties1939Priscilla Lane
Humphey Bogart
James Cagney
TV
Roberta1935Irene Dunne,
Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers

TV
Rogue Song1930Lawrence Tibbett
Roman Scandals

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Roman Scandals
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1933Eddie Cantor,
Ruth Etting

V
Romance In The Dark1938Gladys Swartout,
John Boles,
John Barrymore

Rosalie1937Eleanor Powell,
Nelson Eddy

Rose Marie1936.
Rose Of The Rancho1936John Boles,
Gladys Swartout

Rose Of Washington Square

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Rose of Washington Square
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1939Alice Faye,
Al Jolson,
Louis Prima

V
Rosie The Riveter
(GB:In Rosie's Room)
1944Jane Frazee
Frank Albertson
Vera Vague
The Royal Rodeo1939Cliff Edwards

songs not known, see
Cliff Edwards website
Rumba1935George Raft,
Carole Lombard

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