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 15 Dec 2006vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

This page continues 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.

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Recent updates on this page:

Updates from Terry Brown, July 1999

Updates from Talking Machine Review No. 100 article by Don Taylor (Spring 1999)

Updates from Memory Lane articles by Doug Wilkins, and subsequent letters

Updates from Memory Lane No. 123 letter by Roy Barker (Summer 1999)

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Entertainers-Major Films C-D

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Calling All Stars	Mar '37	Elizabeth Welch Buck & Bubbles The Nicholas Brothers Turner Layton Billy Bennett Larry Adler Sam Browne Evelyn Dall Flotsam & Jetsam Max Bacon Ethel Revnell Gracie West Bert Ambrose Orch Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Hotel Orpheans Eugene Pini and his Tango Orch SONGS Nightfall (EW) Peanut VendorSerenade in The NightBody And SoulEleven More Months Rhythm's Okay In HarlemWhen Day Is DonePainting Rainbows
Calling The Tune	July '36	George Robey Charles Penrose Clifford Evans Adele Dixon Reginald Foresythe Band SONGS Solveig's SongBird Of Love DivineSafety FirstIn Other Words
The Camels Are Coming	1934	Jack Hulbert Anna Lee Louis Levy, MD SONGS Who's Been Polishing The Sun?
Candles At Nine	1944	Jessie Matthews Eliot Makeham John Stuart Winifred Shotter Reginald Purdell SONGS
Can You Hear Me Mother ?	Oct '35	Sandy Powell Mary Lawson Muriel Aked SONGS ?
Carry On London	Mar' 37	Meggie Eaton Gus Chevelier Warden and West Paddy Brown Kenneth More Eric Barker Eric Woodburn Alan D’Albert and the Windmill Theatre Band SONGS ?
Champagne Charlie	1944	Tommy Trinder Stanley Holloway Betty Warren Jean Kent Kay Kendall SONGS Strolling In The ParkI Do Like A Little Drop Of GinRum Rum RumA Glass Of Sherry Wine Hunting After DarkChampagne CharlieThe Old Folks At HomeHit Him On The BokoHalf Of Half And HalfAle Old AleBurgundy Claret And PortI’m One Of The Brandy And Seltzer BoysEverything Will Be LovelyThe Man On The Flying TrapezeCome on AlgernonNot In Front Of Baby
Chance Of A Night-Time	1931	Al Bowlly Ralph Lynn Winifred Shotter Lew Stone was MD SONGS Leave The Rest To Nature (AB)I'm So Used To You Now (AB)Land Of The Eskimo (RL)
Change For A Sovereign	Apr '37	Seymour Hicks Chili Bouchier Violet Fairbrother SONGS ?
Charing Cross Road	1935	June Clyde John Mills Belle Baker Percival Mackey's Orch (?) Arthur Young and his Tzigane Band (?)
Charley’s Big Hearted Aunt	1940	Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Graham Moffatt Phyllis Calvert Jeanne de Casalis Wally Patch Louis Levy, MD SONGS Today I Feel So Happy
Cheer Up !	Apr 1935	Stanley Lupino Sally Gray SONGS Cheer UpThere's A Star In The Sky London Town
Chick	Jun '36	Sydney Howard Fred Conyngham Percival Mackey, MD SONGS ?
The Chiltern Hundreds	1949	Cecil Parker David Tomlinson A.E. Matthews Lena Morris Helen Backlin SONGS .
Chu Chin Chow	Feb '34	George Robey Anna May Wong Jetsam (Malcolm McEachern) SONGS Any Time's Kissing TimeOlive OilChu Chin Chow Of ChinaBehold Behold
The City Of Beautiful Nonsense	Mar '35	Sophie Stewart Emlyn Williams George Carney Derek Oldham SONGS Ave MariaSally In Our AlleySummer NightBless You
City of Song	Apr '30	Jan Kiepura Betty Stockfield SONGS Naples Your Song Is EverywhereNun Me ScetaLa Donna E Mobile
Cock o' The North	May '35	Leslie Hutchinson George Carney Horace Kenney Naughton and Gold SONGS Two Tired EyesWake
Colonel Bogey	1947	John Stone Janr Barrett Jack Train Hedli Anderson SONGS .
Come On George	1939	George Formby Pat Kirkwood SONGS I Couldn't Let the Stable DownI'm Making Headway NowGoodnight Little FellowPardon Me
Come Out Of The Pantry	Jul '35	Jack Buchanan Ronald Squire Fay Wray Fred Emney SONGS Everything Stops For TeaFrom One Minute To Another
Comets	1930	The Golden Serenaders Elsa Lanchester Billy Merson Albert Sandler
Comin’ Thro’ the Rye	1947	Terence Alexander Sylvia Welling Olivia Barley Trefor Jones SONGS My Love Is Like A Red Red RoseMary MorisonBonnie Wee ThingAe Fond KissOf a’ the AirtsComin’ Thro’ The RyeYe Banks And BraesO Whistle And I’ll ComeCharlie Is My Darling
Command Performance	1937	Arthur Tracey Lili Palmer Rae Collett SONGS My Gypsy Dream GirlDance Gypsy DanceTreesToreador SongWhistling GypsyDanny BoyMarta The Old Oaken BucketDaisy BellGenevieveJolly Grate Lumps of Duff
The Compulsory Husband	1930	Monte Banks,Lillian Manton SONGS ?
Congress Dances	June '31	Lilian Harvey Conrad Veidt SONGS Just Once For All Time
Convict 99	Feb '38	Will Hay Graham Moffat Moore Marriot Googie Withers SONGS ?
Co-Optimists	1929	Melville Gideon Laddie Cliff Davy Burnaby Stanley Holloway Phyllis Monkman Harry S Pepper SONGS Bow WowLondon TownMy Girl's FaceSam Pick Up Thy MusketIt's For YouMaybe Me Maybe You If It Weren't For The Likes Of UsChapsWun Lun TooYou've Gotta Beat Out The RhythmWhen The Rich Man Rides ByTill The Wheel Comes OffDown Love LaneMy Lady's Eyes
Counsel’s Opinion	Dec' 32	Henry Kendall Binnie Barnes Harry Tate Lawrence Grossmith SONGS ?
The Courtneys Of Curzon Street	1947	Anna Neagle Michael Wilding Gladys Young Corale Brown SONGS Roses of PicardyA Broken DollWhisperingRamonaSoldiers In The ParkThe Honeysuckle And The BeeLili MarleneA Place Of My OwnHaste To The Wedding
The Crimes Of Stephen Hawke	.	Flotsam & Jetsam Todd Slaughter Charles Penrose Eric Portman .
Crooks Tour	1940	Basil Radford and Naughton Wayne Greta Gynt SONGS ?
Cross My Heart	Nov '36	Kathleen Gibson Kenneth Duncan Tully Comber SONGS It’s A Sin To Tell A LieBlue Devil
A Cuckoo In The Nest	July '33	Tom Walls Robertson Hare Ralph Lynn Mary Brough Veronica Rose Yvonne Arnaud SONGS ?
A Cup Of Kindness	Feb '34	Tom Walls Robertson Hare Ralph Lynn Claude Hulbert Veronica Rose Dorothy Hyson SONGS ?
Cup Tie Honeymoon	1947	Sandy Powell Pat McGrath Dan Young Betty Jumel Violet Fairbrother SONGS Love Is Just A Game
Dandy Dick	Jul '34	Will Hay Davy Burnaby Moore Marriot Syd Crossley SONGS ?
Danny Boy	1941	Ann Todd John Warwick David Farrar Albert Whelan Percy Manchester SONGS The Mountains Of MourneDear Old Pals
A Date With A Dream	1948	Terry Thomas Len Lowe Bill Lowe Jean Carson Norman Wisdom SONGS UnluckyLet Me DreamHow About Me For YouNow Is The Time For Love
Dear Mr Prohack	1949	Cecil Parker Hermione Baddeley Sheila Sim Glynis Johns Ada Reeve Jerry Verno SONGS .
Death At Broadcasting House	Nov '34	Eve Becke Elizabeth Welch Gillie Potter Hannen Swaffer Percival Mackey's Band Ord Hamilton & his band SONGS No One To Care For Me (EB)Lazy Lady I Love You So
Demobbed	1944	Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth Nat Jackley Norman Evans Dan Young Betty Jumel Jimmy Plant Tony Dalton Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders SONGS So Deep is the NightLove’s Old Sweet SongI Hear You Calling MeUntilWon’t You Take Me Back To HawaiiI’ll Wait For You
Deputy Drummer	1935	Lupino Lane Jean Denis Syd Crossley Alec Templeton SONGS Old PalBread And Cheese And KissesRhapsody In Pink
Devil’s Rock	Sep '37	Richard Hayward Geraldine Mitchell Charles Fagan SONGS Rose Of Tralee
Dirty Work	Oct '34	Gordon Harker Robertson Hare Ralph Lynn Lillian Bond SONGS ?
Dishonour Bright	Nov '36	Tom Walls Betty Stockfield Eugene Pallette Diana Churchill George Sanders Basil Radford Bernardi Jeni Le Gon SONGS .
The Divine Spark	.	Martha Eggerth SONGS Occhi Puri Che IncanteUna Voce Poco FaMaddalena
Doctor's Orders	Jun '34	Leslie Fuller John Mills SONGS ?
Don't Get Me Wrong	Sep '36	Max Miller SONGS ?
Don't Rush Me	Sep '35	Robb Wilton Bobbie Comber Havers & Lee SONGS ?
Don’t Take It To Heart	1944	Richard Greene Patricia Medina Alfred Drayton Edward Rigby Moore Marriott Claude Dampier Esma Cannon SONGS ?
Down Melody Lane	Dec '43	Leslie Hutchinson Houston Ssters Phyllis Robbins SONGS Two Tired Eyes (LH)Wake (LH)
Down Our Alley	May '39	Hughie Green and his Gang SONGS ?
Dreaming	1944	Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen Hazel Court Kay Kendall Teddy Brown Reginald Foort Gordon Richards Raymond Glendenning Alfredo Campoli SONGS DreamingSing A Song Of Tomorrow TodayHometownFlying Through The RainUnderneath The ArchesOrpheus In The UnderworldLet’s Have Another One
Dreams Come True	Jul '36	Francis Day Nelson Keyes Charles Penrose SONGS Love’s MelodySo Must Our Love Remain
Dr Josser KC	Jul '31	Ernie Lottinga Molly Lamont Binnie Barnes SONGS ?
The Dummy Talks	Mar '43	Claude Hulbert Jack Warner Ivy Benson & Her All Girls Orch. SONGS Post Horne GalopThe Roundabout Goes RoundThe World Belongs To Me
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