British Vintage Music Films

British Films featuring entertainers and popular song, 1929-1949

this page first published by John Wright, 18 Sept 1997
last update 2 August 2007vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

This page begins the list of British films that feature entertainers and music, probably a dance band heard but not seen on the screen.

If you can fill in any of the gaps or if you know of websites or books, dealing with entertainers in old movies, that might have useful information, then please e-mail me.

Note: I started these listings in 1997. Since then Dennis Gifford has published his book Entertainers in British Films. Terry Brown has selected some information from Gifford's book to update this website.

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Recent updates on this page:

Updates from Christopher Busby, 2007, for Bulldog Jack

TV means has been shown on television

V is also available on video

All film lists in this format are (c) John A B Wright/Terry Brown, 1999

Entertainers-Major Films A-B

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
The Ace Of Spades	Oct '34	Michael Hogan Jane Carr Sebastion Shaw Bobbie Comber
Accused	Apr '36	Douglas Fairbanks Jr Dolores del Rio Basil Sydney Florence Desmond Pecival mackey, MD SONGS Rendevous in Paradise
Alf’s Button Afloat	Nov '37	The Crazy Gang Flanagan and Allen Naughton and Gold Nervo and Knox Alistair Sim Louis Levy, MD SONGS Goodbye Little Yellow Bird
Alibi	1942	Margaret Lockwood Hugh Sinclair James Mason features Elizabeth Welch with Clarie Wear’s Embassy Orch. SONGS ?
All At Sea	May '39	Sandy Powell Kay Walsh SONGS SONGS Oh Ain’t It Grand To Be In The Navy
All In	Jun '36	Ralph Lynn Gina Malo Claude Dampier Sydney Fairbrother SONGS ?
Almost a Gentleman	Apr '38	Billy Bennett Kathleen Harrison Pecival Mackey, MD SONGS ?
Almost A Honeymoon	1930	Clifford Mollison Dodo Watts Donald Calthrop Pamela Carme John Reynders, MD SONGS ?
Almost A Honeymoon	Jan '38	Tommy Trinder Vivienne Bennett SONGS ?
The American Prisoner	Jun '29	Carl Brisson Madeleine Carroll John Reynders, MD SONGS ?
Appointment With Crime	1946	Elizabeth Webb Herbert Lom, William Hartnell, Robert Beatty Buddy Featherstonehaugh & his sextette Lew Stone and his band
Aren't Men Beasts	1936	Billy Milton Robertson Hare Alfred Drayton June Clyde Note: this is a comedy, possibly no music
Aren’t We All?	Jan '31	Gertrude Lawrence Owen Nares SONGS My Sweet
Are You A Mason?	.Jun '34	Sonnie Hale Robertson Hare Joyce Kirby SONGS ?
Ask A Policeman	Dec '38	Will Hay Moore Marriot Graham Moffatt SONGS ?
Asking For Trouble	1942	Max Miller Carole Lynne Wilfred Hyde White SONGS ?
Auld Lang Syne	Jul '28	Harry Lauder Pat Aherne Dodo Watts SONGS The End Of The RoadIt’s A Fine Thing To SingI Love A LassieA Wee Deoch And DorisAuld Lang Syne
Aunt Sally	1933	Cicely Courtneidge Billy Milton Leslie Holmes Carlyle Cousins SONGS We'll All Go Riding On A RainbowMy Wild OatThe Winds In The West
Back Room Boy	1942	Arthur Askey Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Googie Withers SONGS .
Ball At Savoy	Nov '35	Conrad Nagel Marta Labarr Fred Conyngham Fred Duprez SONGS I Live for LoveI’m In Love With My LifeA Girl Like Nina
The Balloon Goes Up	1942	Ethel Revnell and Gracie West Donald Peers Ronald Shiner Elsie Wagstaffe SONGS The Balloon Goes UpWe Do See LifeWinnie The Wench On The WinchI’ll Soon be Coming HomeKeep Looking For The RainbowYou’ve Gotta Smile
Banana Ridge	1941	Robertson Hare Alfred Drayton Isobel Jeans Nova Pilbeam Wally Patch SONGS .
Band Waggon	Jan '40	Arthur Askey Pat Kirkwood Bruce Trent Freddy Schweitzer Forsythe, Seamon and Farrell Jack Hylton Orch SONGS The Melody Maker The Only One Who's Difficult Is You Heaven Will Be Heavenly After DarkA Pretty BirdBoomps-A-DaisyRoadhouse Revels
Be Careful Mr Smith	1935	Bobbie Comber .
Barnacle Bill	1934	Archie Pitt Joan Gardner Gus McNaughton Minnie Rayner Frank Titterton SONGS I’ll Meet You By the Blue Lagoon
Be Careful Mr Smith	1935	Frank Atkinson Bertha Belmore Bobbie Comber SONGS Who Were You With Last Night?
Bees In Paradise	1942	Anne Shelton Arthur Askey Jean Kent Max Bacon Ronald Shiner Joy Shelton SONGS I'm A Wolf On My Mother's SideDon't Ever Leave MeKeep A Sunbeam In Your Pocket
Bell Bottom George	1943	George Formby Ann Firth Reginald Purdell Jane Welsh SONGS Bell Bottom GeorgeIf I Had a Girl Like YouIt Serves You RightSwim Little Fish
The Bells Go Down	1943	Tommy Trinder Felix Aylmer James Mason Mervyn Johns SONGS ?
Beloved Imposter	Jan '36	Rene Ray Fred Conyngham Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson Gwen Farrar Bombadier Billy Wells SONGS ?
Beloved Vagabond	Jan '36	Maurice Chevalier Betty Stockfield Margaret Lockwood SONGS Loch LomondTzinga Doodle DayYou Look So sweet Madame
Big Business	Sept '30	Francis Day Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson Leon Cortez with Giggie Arthur Roseberry's Band (augmented/symphonic)
Big Business	Jul '34	Claude Hulbert Eve Gray James Finlayson SONGS ?
Big Fella	1936	Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Welch SONGS I Got A Robe (PR) Roll Up Sailorman (PR) My Curly-Headed Baby (PR) River Steals My Folks From Me (PR)arlem In My Heart (EW)One Kiss (EW)
Bill And Coo	Jun '31	Billy Merson Nita Underwood O. K. Wise Eddie Earle SONGS The Photo Of The Girl I Left BehindDown Where The Breezes
Bill's Legacy	Jun '31	Leslie Fuller Syd Courtney Mary Clare SONGS ?
Birds Of A Feather	Aug '35	George Robey Eve Lister Horace Hodges Jack Melford Diana Beaumont SONGS ?
The Biter Bit	1937	Billy Caryl Hilda Munday Anthony Shaw Margaret Yarde
The Black Hand Gang	Sept '30	Wee Georgie Wood Violet Young SONGS ?
The Black Sheep of Whitehall	1941	Will Hay John Mills Basil Sydney Thora Hird SONGS ?
Blarney	Sept 1937	Jimmy O'Dea Myrette Morven SONGS ?
Bless ‘em All	1948	Max Bygraves Hal Monty Jack Milroy Les Ritchie Patricia Linova Hal Monty Stan White SONGS Bless ‘em AllI’m Afraid To Love YouHi De HiWhat More Can I SayI’ll Be Seeing YouBoomVictory Waltz
Blithe Spirit	1945	Rex Harrison Kay Hammond Constance Cummings Margaret Rutherford SONGS ?
Blossom Time	Apr '34	Richard Tauber Jane Baxter SONGS Love Comes At Blossom TimeFirst LoveRed RoseImpatienceDearest MaidenOnce There Lived A Lady FairThe QuestionLove Lost For Ever More
Bob’s Your Uncle	1941	Albert Modley Jean Colin Wally Patch SONGS ?
Boots! Boots!	Feb '34	George & Beryl Formby Harry Hudson,MD SONGS I Could Make A Good LivingSitting On The Ice In The Ice RinkChinese Laundry Blues
Boys Will Be Boys	Mar '35	Will Hay Gordon Harker Claude Dampier Jimmy Handley
Boys Will Be Girls	Apr '36	Leslie Fuller Nellie Wallace Syd Courtney Syd Crossley SONGS Lo! Hear The Gentle Lark
Break The News	1937	Jack Buchanan Maurice Chevalier June Knight Van Phillips,MD SONGS ?
Brewster's Millions	July '35	Jack Buchanan Geraldo and his Sweet Music (?) SONGS I Think I CanOne Good Tune Deserves AnotherPull Down the BlindThe Caranga
Britannia Of Billingsgate	July '33	Violet Lorraine Gordon Harker Roy Fox's Kit-Kat Band ? Mike Taylor reports not seeing the band when he viewed the film SONGS Piccadilly PlaygroundThere'll Still Be LoveHow Does A Fresh Fish Wish ?Let The World Go Drifting By
The Broken Rosary	Aug '34	Jean Adrienne Derek Oldham Ronald Ward Vesta Victoria SONGS Somewhere A Voice Is callingSpeak To Me Of LoveAve MariaWaiting At The Church
Brother Alfred	Nov 1931	Gene Gerrard Mollie Lamont Bobbie Comber Elsie Randolph Marie Burke SONGS ?
Bulldog Jack	Nov 1934	Jack Hulbert Fay Wray Ralph Richardson Claude Hulbert Louis Levy, MD SONGS Where do the flies go in the wintertime?
Bulldog Sees It Through	1940	Jack Buchanan Greta Gynt Googie Withers Robert Newton SONGS ?
The Butler’s Dilemma	1943	Richard Hearne Henry Kendall Judy Kelly Hermione Gingold Francis L. Sullivan Ronald Shiner Wally Patch SONGS ?
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