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: U-Z

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 : U-Z

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Under The Pampas Moon	1935	Warner Baxter SONGS Querida Mia
Under Your Spell	1936	Lawrence Tibbett SONGS Under Your SpellMy Little Mule WagonAmigo
The Underpup	1939	Gloria Jean SONGS Lo Hear The Gentle LarkMarch Of The PenguinsAnnie LaurieI'm Like A Bird
Unfinished Dance	1947	Margaret O'Brien Cyd Charisse SONGS Holiday For StringsI Went Merrily On My Waysome classical excerpts
Unholy Partners	1941	Marsha Hunt SONGS After You've Gone
Untamed	1929	Joan Crawford SONGS Chant Of The Jungle
Up In Arms	1944	Danny Kaye Dana Andrews Dinah Shore Constance Dowling SONGS Now I KnowMelody In 4FAll Out For FreedomTess's Torch SongJive Number
Up In The Air	1940	Frankie Darro Lorna Gray Marjorie Reynolds SONGS By The Look Of ThingsSomething Or Other
Vagabond King	1930	. SONGS If I Were KingKing LouieMary, Queen Of Heaven
Vanishing Virginian	1941	Kathryn Grayson Frank Morgan SONGS .The World Was Made For You(KG)Evening By The Moonlight(KG)Bill Bailey(KG)
The Variety Girl Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1947	Bob Hope Bing Crosby Judy Canova Dorothy Lamour Alan Ladd and others SONGS HarmonyHe Can WaltzTiredThe FrenchTallahasseeYour Heart Calling MineRomeouw And Julie-catImpossible ThingsI Must Have Been Madly In LoveI Want My Money BackTiger Rag V
Viennese Nights	1930	Alexander Gray Vivienne Segal Walter Pidgeon SONGS I Bring A Love SongI'm LonelyYou Will Remember ViennaHere We AreYes, Yes, YesGoodbye My LoveViennese NightsRegimental March
Village Barn Dance	1940	George Barbier esther dale Andrew Tombes Lulubelle & Scotty Barbara Allen (Vera Vague) Don Wilson and the Texas Wanderers SONGS What Are Little Girls made Of?Howdy Neighbour
Virginia City	1940	Miriam Hopkins SONGS Rally Round The Flag Boys
Viva Villa!	1934	Wallace Beery SONGS La Cucaracha
Vogues of 1938	1937	.Helen Vinson Joan Bennett Warner Baxter Mischa Auer Virginia Verrill Marjorie Gateson SONGS That Old FeelingLovely OneTurn On The Red Hot Heat(Burn The Blues Away)King Of JamPut Your Heart In A SongThe Sunny Side Of ThingsHappy As A LarkTelling My Troubles To A MuleGoodbye My Dreams Goodbye
The Voice Of Bugle Ann	1936	. SONGS There's A Home In The Mountains
Waikiki Wedding Order the video of Waikiki Wedding Today! (NTSC format)	1937	Bing Crosby Shirley Ross Martha Raye SONGS Sweet LeilaniSweet Is The Word For YouIn A Little Hula HeavenBlue HawaiiOkolehaoNani Ona Pua V
Wake Up And Dream	1934	Russ Colombo Roger Pryor June Knight SONGS Too Beautiful For WordsWhen You're In LoveWake Up And DreamLet's Pretend There's A Moon
Wake Up And Live	1937	Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye Jack Haley (dubbed by Buddy Clark) Patsy Kelly Leah ray SONGS There's A Lull In My LifeI Love You Much Too Much MuchachaWake Up And LiveNever in A Million YearsRed Seal MaltIt's Swell Of YouOh But I'm HappyI'm Bubbling OverDe Camptown Races V
Walking On Air	1936	Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Alan Curtis SONGS Cabin On A HilltopLet's Make A WishMy Heart Wants To Dance
Warming Up	1929	Jean Arthur Richard Dix SONGS Out Of The Dawn
Way Down South	1939	Bobby Breen Clarence Muse Hall Johnson Choir SONGS Nobody Knows De Trouble I SeenSometimes I Feel Like A Motherless ChildLord If You Can't Come Send One Angel DownGood GroundLouisiana V
Way Out West	1930	Cliff Edwards SONGS Singing A Song To The Stars
Way Out West	1937	Laurel & Hardy Rosina Lawrence Avalon Boys including Chill Wills SONGS The Trail Of The Lonesome PineCommence To DancingAt The Ball, That's All
The Way To Love	1933	Maurice Chevalier Ann Dvorak SONGS Lover Of PareeIn A One-Room FlatThere's A Lucky GuyThe Way To LoveIt's Oh, It's Ah, It's Wonderful
Weekend In Havana Order the video of Weekend In Havana Today! (NTSC format)	1941	Alice Faye Carmen Miranda John Payne Cesar Romero SONGS The NangoTropical MagicA Weekend In HavanaWhen I Love, I LoveRomance And RhumbaMama InezRebola A BolaMan With The Lollipop Song
Weekend Pass	1944	Martha O'Driscoll Noah Beery Jr. Delta Rhythm Boys Lee Diamond & his Harmonica trio The Sportsmen SONGS All Or Nothing At AllI Am, Are You?I Like To Be LovedShe's A Girl A Man Can Dream OfWe Build 'Em, You Sail 'EmWe're In The Navy
Welcome Stranger Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1947	Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald Joan Caulfield SONGS As Long As I'm DreamingCountry StyleMy Heart Is A HoboSmile Right Back At The SunSmack In The Middle Of Maine V
Wells Fargo	1937	. SONGS Where I Ain't Been Before
We're Not Dressing Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1934	Bing Crosby Carole Lombard George Burns Gracie Allen Ethel Merman Leon Errol SONGS Once In A Blue MoonLove Thy NeighbourGoodnight Lovely Little LadyIt's Just A New Spanish CustomMay I?She Reminds Me Of YouI'll Sing About The Birds And The BeesLet's Play HouseWhen The Golden Gate was Silver V
West Of The Cimarron	1941	. SONGS Wa-Wa-Watermelon
West Of Tombstone	1942	Cliff Edwards SONGS Get Along Little PonyMidnight BluesWe’ll All Be Together
Wharf Angel	1934	. SONGS Down Home
When A Girl's Beautiful	1947	Marc Platt SONGS I'm Sorry I Didn't say I'm SorryWhen A Girl's Beautiful
When Love Is Young	1937	. SONGS When Love Is YoungDid Anyone Ever Tell You?
When You're In Love	1937	Grace Moore Cary Grant SONGS Our SongThe Whistler's SongMinnie The MoocherIn The GloamingSiboneysome classical excerpts
Where Did You Get That Girl?	1941	Leon Errol Helen parrish Charles Lang Eddie Quillan SONGS Where Did You Get That Girl?Sergeant SwingRug Cuttin' Romeo
Where Do We Go From Here?	1945	. SONGS All At OnceIf Love RemainsSong Of The RhinelandIt Happened To Happen To MeThe Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria
The White Sister	1933	. SONGS Drifting On A Blue Lagoon
White Woman	1933	. SONGS Yes My DearHe's A Cute Brute
Whoopee Order the video of Whoopee Today! (NTSC format)	1930	Eddie cantor Betty Grable SONGS Makin' WhoopeeCowboy NumberMission NumberI'll Still Belong To YouA Girlfriend Of A Boyfriend Of MineStetsonMakin' WafflesMy Baby Just Cares For MeThe Song Of The Setting Sun TV, V
Why Bring That Up?	1929	Moran & Mack SONGS Do I Know What I'm Doing While In Love?Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo
Why Girls Leave Home	1945	. SONGS The Cat And The CanaryWhat Am I SayingCall Me
Wild Party	1929	. SONGS My Wild Party Girl
Wings Of The Navy	1939	. SONGS Wings Over The navy
With Love And Kisses	1937	Pinky Tomlin Toby Wing SONGS Don't Ever Lose ItI'm Right Back Wgere I StartedThe Trouble With Me is YouSweetWith Love And KissesSittin' On The Edge Of My Chair
The Wizard Of Oz Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1939	Judy Garland Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Jack Haley Billie Burke (dubbed Lorraine Bridges) The Munchkins SONGS Over The Rainbow(JG)Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are(BB)It Really Was No Miracle(JG)Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead(JG,BB,M)We Welocome You To Munchkin Land(M)Follow The Yellow Brick Road(JG,M)We're Off To See The Wizard(JG,RB,BL,JH)If I Only Had A Brain(RB,BL,JH) If I Were King Of The ForestThe Merry Old Land Of OzOptimistic VoicesYou're Out Of The Woods TV, V
Wolf Song	1929	. SONGS Yo Te Amo Means I Love YouMi Amado
A Woman Commands	1929	Pola Negri SONGS Paradise
The Women Men Marry	1937	Cliff Edwards songs not known, see Cliff Edwards website
Wonder Bar	1934	Al Jolson Dick Powell Dolores Del Rio Ricardo Cortez SONGS Don't Say GoodnightWonder BarOtchi ChorniyaDark EyesGoing To Heaven On A MuleWhy Do I Dream These Dreams?Vive La FranceTango Del Rio
Wonder Man	1945	Danny Kaye Vera Ellen (dubbed by June Hutton) Virginia Mayo SONGS Bali BoogieSo In LoveOtchi TchorniyaOpera Number
Words And Music	1929	Lois Moran Helen Twelvetrees SONGS Stepping AlongToo Wonderful For WordsShadows..
World Premiere	1941	. SONGS Don't Cry Little Cloud
Yankee Doodle Dandy Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1942	James Cagney Joan Leslie Irene Manning Frances Langford SONGS Yankee Doodle BoyGive My Regards To BroadwayMary's A Grand Old NameSo Long MaryThe Love NestLittle Nellie KellyOver ThereIn A Kingdom of Our OwnThe Man Who Owns BroadwayI Was Born In VirginiaYou're A Good Old FlagYou're A Wonderful GirlOff The RecordThe Warmest Baby In The Bunch All Aboard For Old BroadwayMedley:Blue Skies, Gray SkiesOh You Wonderful GirlThe Barbers' Ball V
The Yank In The RAF	1941	. SONGS Another Little Dream Won't Do Us Any HarmHi-ya Love
Yokel Boy (GB:Hitting The Headlines)	1942	Eddie Foy Jr Joan Davis Albert Dekker SONGS Comes LoveIt's Me AgainLet's Make Memories TonightI Can't Afford To Dream
Yolanda And The Thief	1945	Fred Astaire Lucille Bremer SONGS Coffee TimeThis Is The Day For LoveAngelYolandaWill You Marry Me?Candlelight TV
You And Me	1938	Sylvia Sidney George Raft SONGS You Can't Get Something For NothingThe Right Guy For Me
You Belong To Me	1934	. SONGS When He Comes Home To Me The Bad News
You Came Along	1945	Helen Forrest SONGS You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere)
You'll Never Get Rich	1941	Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Delta Rhythm Boys Red Mack Morris Chris Hamilton SONGS Boogie Woogie BarcarolleSo Near And Yet So FarDream DancingA-stairable RagShootin' The Works For Uncle SamWedding Cake WalkSince I Kissed My Baby Goodbye
Young Bride or Love Starved	1932	Cliff Edwards songs not known, see Cliff Edwards website
Young Man Of Manhattan	1930	Ginger Rogers SONGS I've Got ItI'd Fall In Love All Over AgainI'll Bob Up With The Bob-O-Link
Young People	1940	Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood SONGS Fifth AvenueTra-la-laYoung PeopleI Wouldn't Take A MillionThe Mason-Dixon Line
You're A Lucky Fellow Mr Smith	1943	Allan Jones David Bruce Evelyn Ankers Patsy O'Connor King's Men SONGS Your Eyes Have Told Me SoWhen You're SmilingWhat Is This Thing Called Love?On The Crest Of A RainbowYou're A Lucky Fellow Mr SmithSoldier Specialty
You're A Sweetheart	1937	Alice Faye George Murphy Four Playboys Malda And Ray Noville Brothers SONGS You're A SweetheartSo It's LoveBroadway JamboreeOh Oh OklahomaMy Fine Feathered FriendWho Killed Maggie?Scraping The Toast
You're Telling Me	1934	. SONGS Sympathizin' With Me
Youth Takes A Fling	1938	. SONGS For The First TimeHeigh-Ho The Merry-O
Youth Will Be Served	1940	. SONGS Hot Catfish And Corn Dodgers
Zasa	1939	. SONGS Hello My DarlingForget meZasa
Ziegfeld Follies Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1946	Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Cyd Charisse Virginia O'Brien Lucille Bremer Lena Horne Judy Garland Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson and others SONGS Bring On The Beautiful GirlThis Heart Of MineLoveLimehouse BluesThe Babbit And The BromideThere's Beauty Everywhere TV, V
Ziegfeld Girl	1941	Judy Garland Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr Tony Martin James Stewart Al Shean Charles Winnegar SONGS Minnie From TrinidadYou Stepped Out Of A DreamLaugh? I Thought I'd Split My SidesCaribbean Love SongI'm Always Chasing RainbowsWhisperingMr Gallagher And Mr SheanYou Never Looked So Beautiful Before
Zis Boom Bah	1941	Grace Hayes Mary Healy Peter Lind Hayes SONGS AnabellaIt Makes No Difference When You're In The ArmyPut Your Trust In The MoonZis Boom BahGood News TomorrowI've Learned To Smile Again V
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