Films featuring British Dance Bands, 1929-1946
this page first published by John Wright, 18 Sept 1997
last update 15 Dec 2005
vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk
As well as on records, dance band music was recorded for films during the 78 rpm era. This page continues to list the old films known to feature British dance bands, with the titles of songs and music featured in the films.
Note: there is also a list of movies who had a danceband leader as MD but I have not yet established if bands are seen and heard in those movies, see Dance Band MD's.
Also many Shorts and Newsreels featured bands.
T - Z
Recent updates to danceband listing:
Updates from 'Jazz In The Movies' by David Meeker (1972)
| Updates from Terry Brown, July 1999
| Updates from members of the british-dancebands-egroup, 1999-2000
| Update from Woolf Phillips, Nov 2001
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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.
Lists in this format (c) John A B Wright/Terry Brown, 1999
1. Major films featuring British dance bands: T - Z
| FILM | DATE | FEATURING |
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| Take off That Hat | Mar '38 | Olley Aston and his Band Scott & Whaley Inga Anderson |
| Talking Feet | July '37 | Sonny Farrar and his Band, Billy Thorburn and his Music Hazel Ascot |
| Ten Minute Alibi | Feb '35 | Geraldo and his Sweet Music (?) Phillips Holmes Aileen Marson |
| Thark | 1932 | appearance by Roy Fox band not confirmed SONGS ? |
| There Goes The Bride | June '32 | Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans Jessie Matthews |
| This Is The Life | Aug '33 | Percival Mackey's Band Gordon Harker Binnie Hale |
| This Man Is Mine | 1946 | Captain Bob Farnon and the Canadian Army Orch. Hugh McDermot Tom Walls Jeanne de Casalis |
| Thunder in the City | Aug '36 | Maurice Winnick and his Orch Edward G. Robinson Luli Deste Nigel Bruce |
| Traitor Spy | Aug '38 | Ken Johnson's West Indian Band Bruce Cabot Marta Labarr |
| Two Hearts In Harmony | Dec '35 | Jack Harris Band Bernice Clair George Curzon |
| Two Hearts In Waltz-time | Apr '34 | Jack Hylton's Orch Carl Brisson Frances Day |
| Under New Management | Feb '46 | Percival Mackey's Band |
| Under Your Hat | 1940 | Don Marino Barretto and his Rhumba Music Jack Hulbert, Cecily Courtneidge, Rhythm Brothers, MD Lew Stone |
| Up For The Derby | 1933 | Lew Stone and his Band, Al Bowlly may appear |
| Up With The Lark | Dec '43 | Leon Van Straten's Piccadilly Dance Band Alan Kane Ethel Revnell Gracie West |
| Variety | Mar '35 | Billy Cotton's Band Horace Sheldon & His Band Phyllis Robins John Rorke Edward Victor |
| Variety Hour | Mar' 37 | Brian Lawrance's Lansdowne House Orch Clapham & Dwyer Carson Robinson & His Pioneers The Wiere Brothers Jack Donohue Raymond Newell |
| Variety Parade | Nov '36 | Mrs Jack Hylton's Band Sam Browne Nat Gonella and his Georgians Radio Three Teddy Brown Harry Tate |
| The Voice Of Britain | 1935 | Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orch Dan Donovan |
| Vote For Huggett | 1948 | Woolf Phillips and the Skyrockets Jack Warner Petula Clarke Jill Allan Kathleen Harrison Diana Dors David Tomlinson Hubert Gregg Susan Shaw |
| Walking On Air | Nov '46 | Ray Ellington Quintet Lauderic Caton & his Rhythm Swingette Susan Shaw Johnny Worthy Bertie Jarrett |
| We'll Meet Again | Nov '42 | Geraldo and his Orch Vera Lynn Len Camber |
| What Do We Do Now ? | Dec '45 | Edmundo Ros Band Harry Parry and his Radio Rhythm Club Sextette |
| The Woman He Scorned | 1929 | Fred Elizalde's Band Warwick Ward Margaret Rawlings Terry Brown reports: It was an independently made British production known in America as The Way Of Lost Souls. It was produced by Charles Whittaker productions, an only film and now apparently lost. It would be fascinating to hear what Fred Elizalde's soundtrack was like. Pola Negri plays a loose woman and there are several nightclub scenes. Perhaps Elizalde also appears. |
| Wot No Gangsters? | 1946 | Harry Owen and his Band Claude Dampier |
| Yes Mr Brown | Jul '32 | Lew Stone and his Monseigneur Band Jack Buchanan Margot Graham |
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