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

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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
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Spawn Of The North1938.
Spectre Of The Rose1946Viola Essen
Spring Is Here1930Bernice Claire
Lawrence Gray
Alexander Gray
The Brox Sisters

Spring Parade1940Deanna Durbin
Robert Cummings


V
Stage Mother1933.
Stage Struck1936Joan Blondell
Dick Powell


V
Stand Up And Cheer1934John Boles
Sylvia Froos
James Dunn
Nick Foran
Shirley Temple
Jimmy Durante
Tess Gardella

Stardust1940.
Starmaker1939Bing Crosby
Stars Over Broadway1935Jane Froma
James Melton
Jean Muir


V
Star Spangled Rhythm1942Betty Hutton
Dick Powell
Johnny Johnston
Mary Martin
Paulette Goddard
Golden Gate Four
and others
Bing Crosby(vocal)

Start Cheering1938Jimmy Durante
Walter Connelly
Charlie Starrett
Joan Perry
Louis Prima Orch.
Johnnny Green Orch.

V
State Fair1945Jeanne Crain
(vocals Louanne Hogan)
Vivienne Blaine
Dana Andrews
Dick Haymes

Step Lively1944Frank Sinatra
George Murphy

Stepping Out1932Cliff Edwards

songs not known, see
Cliff Edwards website
Stingaree1934Irene Dunn
Stolen Heaven1938.
Stolen Holiday1936.
Stop Look And Love1939.
The Stork Club1945Betty Hutton
Don Defore
Andy Russell

TV
Storm At Daybreak1933.
The Story Of
Vernon & Irene Castle
1939Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers

Stowaway

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1936Shirley Temple
Robert Young
Alice Faye

V
Straight Place And Show
(GB:They're Off)
1938Ethel Merman
Ritz Brothers

Strictly Dynamite1934Jimmy Durante
Lupee Velez

Strike Me Pink1936Eddie Cantor
Ethel Merman
Rita Rio

Student Tour1934Jimmy Durante
Charles Butterworth
Maxine Doyle
Phil Regan
Nelson Eddy

Sunbonnet Sue1945Gale Storm
Sunny1930Marilyn Miller
Joe Donahue

Sunny Skies1930Benny Ruben
Sunnyside Up1929Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Sharon Lynn
Marjorie White

Susie Steps Out1946David Bruce
Cleator Caldwell

Suzy1946Jean Harlow
dubbed by Virginia Verrill
Cary Grant

Swanee River1939Don Ameche
Al Jolson

Sweater Girl1942June Preisser
Eddie Bracken
Betty Rhodes
Johnnie Johnston

Sweet Adeline1935Irene Dunne
Donald Woods
Phil Regan
Dorothy Dare
Winifred Shaw

Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi1933Buster Crabbe
Mary Carlisle
Florence Lake

Sweethearts1938Nelson eddy
Jeannette Macdonald

Sweethearts On Parade1930Alice White
Lloyd Hughes
Kenneth Thomson
Ray Cooke

Sweetie1929Helen Kane
Nancy Carroll
Jack Oakie

Sweet Kitty Bellairs1930Claudia Dell
Perry Askam

Sweet Music1935Rudy vallee
Ann Dvorak
Ned Sparks
Helen Morgan
Alice White

Sweet Rosie O'Grady1943Betty Grable
Robert Young
Lilyan Irene
Frank Orth
Adolphe Menjou

Sweet Surrender1935Frank Parker
Tamara
Helen Lynd

Swing High1930Helen Twelvetrees
Fred Scott

Swing High, Swing Low1937Fred MacMurray
Carole Lombard
Charles Butterworth
Dorothy Lamour

Swingin' On A Rainbow1945Jane Frazee
Brad Taylor

Swing It Professor
(GB:Swing It Buddy)
1937Pinky Tomlin
Paula Stone
Three Gentle Maniacs
The Four Squires


V
Swing Out Sister1945Frances Raeburn
Rod Cameron

Swing Out The Blues1944Bob Haymes
The Vagabonds

Swing Time

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(NTSC format)
1936Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers

V
Swing While You're Able1937Pinky Tomlin
Toby Wing

Swing Your Lady1938Nat Pendleton
Louise Fazenda
Humphrey Bogart

Swing Your Partner1943Lulubelle & Scotty
Vera Vague
Ransom Sherman
Happy Pappy Cheshire
George Shug Fisher
Tennessee Ramblers

Swiss Miss1938Laurel & Hardy
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