Shorts and Newsreels featuring American Entertainers 1927-1947
this page first published by John Wright, 26 Oct 1997
last update 22 Oct 2007
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As well as on records, American entertainers were recorded on film during the 78 rpm era,
and as well as musicals and other major films there are many American shorts and newsreels known to feature entertainers. This page is an attempt to list the entertainment Shorts and Newsreels.
Recent updates to listing:
Updates from 'Who Sang What On The Screen' by Alan Warner (1984)
| Updated song list from David Sager
| |
If you can add to this list, can fill in any of the gaps or if you know of websites or books
dealing with old movies that might have useful information
then please e-mail me.
| FILM | DATE | FEATURING |
|---|---|---|
| His Pleasures (Vitaphone) | 1926 | Roy Smeck |
| The House I Live In | 1945 | Frank Sinatra |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #1 | 1932 | Sid Garry Boswell Sisters Nat Brusiloff (vn) and Jack Miller (p) Kate Smith (Jerry Wald appears in film's opening scene) (violin-piano duet, unident.) |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #2 | 1932 | Art Jarrett Harry Barris Loyce Whiteman Rudy Wiedoeft and Bennie Kreuger Sylvia Froos |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #3 | 1932 | Tito Guizar Shirley Howard Men About Town (male trio) (film ends with comedy(?) scene between 'Blubber' Bergman and Gene Lockhart |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #4 | 1932 | Howard Lanin Orch Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardelle) Johnny Marvin Bill Hall Baby Rose Marie |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #5 | 1932 | Billy Jones & Ernest Hare compere (but don't sing) Funnyboners Smith Ballew Frances Langford Reiss & Dunn Arthur Tracey final sequence features orchestra leaders Fred Rich, Jack Denny, Myer Davis, Jacques Renard, taking turns demonstrating how they conduct an orchestra |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #6 | 1933 | Harry Rose (mc) Three Keys (male trio) Lew Conrad Orch (Lew Conrad, vocal) Harriet Lee & Her Boyfriends (Buddy Rogers and Jerry Wald feature in a comedy scene) Uncle Don (accomp. children) |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #7 | 1934 | Ted Pearson and a woman cohost film Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys (the 1934 group) Tito Guizar Pickens Sisters Ann Leaf (piano) Frank Hazard |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #8 | 1934 | Harriet Lee Frank Novak (one-man band) Baby Rose Marie (and comedy dialogue with Roy Atwell) Morton Downey |
| Ramblin' Round Radio Row #1 only issue of second series | 1935 | Bonnie Poe Vera Van Tony Sacco (off screen) (George Jessel, Shemp Howard and girl in comedy sketch) Patsy Flick (links) |
| Vitaphone V-389 (Al Jolson in a Plantation Act) | 1926 | Al Jolson |
| Vitaphone V-809 | . | Baby Rose Marie |
| Vitaphone V-2112 | 1927 | Hazel Green & Company |
| Vitaphone #? 'Artistic Temper' | . | Ruth Etting musical with Eddie Lang |
| Vitaphone #? 'Bye-Gones' | . | Ruth Etting musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Crashing The Gate' | . | Ruth Etting musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Freshman Love' | . | Ruth Etting musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Dublin In Brass' | . | Morton Downey Snr. musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'The Candid Kid' | . | Phil Silvers musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Here's Your Hat' | . | Phil Silvers musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Hotel A La Swing' | . | Eddie Foy Jnr. musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'The Subway Symphony' | . | Frances langford musical |
| Vitaphone #? 'Sky High' | . | Larry Adler Janet Reade |
| Vitaphone #? 'Captain Blue Blood' | . | Georgie Price |
| Vitaphone #? 'Tickets Please' | . | Georgie Price |
| Vitaphone #? 'Postal Union' | . | Georgie Price |
| Vitaphone #? 'Don't Get Nervous' | 1929 | Georgie Price |
| Vitaphone #? 'Lifers Of The Party' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'A Private Engagement' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'Dough Nuts' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'The Vodka Boatmen' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'They're Off' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'Hear Ye, Hear Ye' | . | Yacht Club Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'Shoestring Follies' | . | Eddie Peabody |
| Vitaphone #? 'Swing Styles' | . | Adrian Rollini Frazee Sisters |
| Vitaphone #? 'Paree, Paree' | . | Bob Hope |
| Vitaphone #? | . | Eddie Peabody, banjo |
| Vitaphone #? 'Harry Warren, America's foremost composer' | . | Harry Warren, piano |
| Vitaphone #? 'Listening In' | . | Irene Taylor |
| Vitaphone #? 'Who's That Pretty Baby?' | . | Happiness Boys |
| Vitaphone #? 'The Whispering Baritone' | . | Jack Smith |
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