British Shorts and Newsreels featuring entertainers and popular song, 1929-1949
this page first published by John Wright, 18 Sept 1997
last update 15 Dec 2001
vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk
This page continues the list of British shorts and newsreels 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.
All this information has come from Terry Brown, mainly from Denis Gifford's book.
| FEATURING | DATE | KNOWN SOURCE DETAILS | |
| B | Tarrant Bailey Jr banjoist | 1934 | Pathe Pictorial 858 SONGS Donkey Laugh |
| " | 1936 | Pathe Pictorial NS 30 SONGS | |
| " | 1937 | Pathetone 400 SONGS | |
| " | 1939 | Pathe Pictorial NS 158 SONGS Snakes and Ladders | |
| " | 1942 | Pathe Pictorial 303 SONGS | |
| " | 1943 | Pathe Pictorial 375 SONGS Streamline | |
| George Baker baritone | 1932 | Pathe Pictorial 722 SONGS I Travel The Road | |
| " | 1932 | Pathe Pictorial 752 SONGS The Floral Dance | |
| " | 1941 | The Saving Song National Savings SONGS | |
| Josephine Baker singer/comedienne | 1931 | Pathetone 79 SONGS | |
| " | 1933 | Pathe Pictorial 810 SONGS I’ll Sing My Way | |
| Balam Gypsy Land violinist | 1930 | Gainsborough short SONGS Hungarian Rhapsody | |
| Andre Balog violinist | 1934 | Pathe Pictorial 870 SONGS Trees | |
| Freddie Bamberger comedy pianist | 1936 | Pathe Pictorial 927 SONGS Dizzy Fingers Red Sails In The Sunset Trees | |
| " | 1940 | Pathe Pictorial 519 SONGS Who’s Taking You Home Tonight? | |
| Bamberger and Bishop comedy musicians | 1935 | Equity Musical Revue 5 British Lion SONGS | |
| " | 1935? | Equity Musical Revue 9 British Lion SONGS Happy Go Lucky You | |
| " | 1935? | Equity Musical Revue 10 British Lion SONGS Paradise | |
| Wilkie Bard comedy sketch | 1928 | The Nightwatchman (short) British Sound Film Prods SONGS | |
| " | . | The Cleaner (short) British Sound Film Prods SONGS | |
| Jack and Daphne Barker singers | 1947 | New Pictorial 156 SONGS Believe It Or Not | |
| Alma Barnes impressionist | 1926 | Alma Barnes Phonofilm SONGS | |
| Binnie Barnes singer/comedienne | 1929 | Binnie Barnes BSFP SONGS Sing Me A Baby Song | |
| " | 1930 | Gainsborough short SONGS | |
| " | 1933 | Pathe Pictorial 782 SONGS I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan | |
| Frank Barnes singer | 1909 | Cinephone (sound on disc system) SONGS Home Again My Cherry Blossom | |
| Lucille Barnette singer | . | Pathe Pictorial NS 108 SONGS | |
| The Barrie Sisters singer/dancers | . | . SONGS | |
| " | . | British Screen Tatler 9 SONGS | |
| " | 1930 | Black and White Gainsborough short SONGS Every Day Away From You | |
| " | 1930 | Classic v Jazz SONGS Snake’s Hips Mickey Mouse | |
| Doris Barry and John Stevens singers | 1937 | .Footlights (Windmill Review) Ace SONGS | |
| Jack Barty comedian | 1930 | Pathetone 15 SONGS | |
| " | . | Pathe Pictorial 345 SONGS | |
| Kenneth Barwick singer | 1944 | Pathe Pictorial 433 SONGS | |
| The Bashful Boys comedy act | 1935 | Pathe Pictorial 907 SONGS | |
| A W Baskcomb review comedian | 1926 | Eve’s Film Review 254 SONGS | |
| " | 1928 | Sons of the Sea Eve’s Film Review 388 (scenes from the show Merry Moments) SONGS | |
| " | 1929 | Eve’s Film Review 408 (comic sketches) SONGS | |
| " | 1929 | Pathe Magazine 1 SONGS | |
| " | 1930 | Pathe Pictorial 631 SONGS | |
| " | 1930 | Follow A Star Eve’s Film Review 488 (scenes from the show) SONGS | |
| Basyl novelty musician | 1936 | Pathe Pictorial NS 7 SONGS Love’s Old Sweet Song | |
| Thorpe Bates singer | 1926 | Thorpe Bates Phonofilm SONGS | |
| " | 1928 | Phototone SONGS Chinese Moon In A Japanese Garden The Keys Of Heaven | |
| BBC Mystery Singer | 1935 | Pathe Pictorial 881 SONGS Thoughts | |
| George Beatty comedian | 1937 | Pathetone 356 SONGS | |
| Eve Becke singer | 1935 | Equity Musical Review 1 SONGS I Just Couldn’t Tell Him | |
| Bernard Bedford singer | . | Cabaret Nights 5 Highbury SONGS | |
| " | 1931 | The Bells Pathe Pictorial 707 SONGS Drink To Me Only | |
| " | 1939 | Pathetone 499 SONGS South Of The Border | |
| " | 1940 | Pathe Pictorial 216 SONGS Misty Islands Of The Highlands | |
| " | 1941 | Pathe Pictorial 258 SONGS | |
| " | 1941 | Pathe Pictorial 288 SONGS | |
| " | 1944 | Pathe Pictorial 419 SONGS When You Know You’re Not Forgotten | |
| Billy Bennett comic monologist | 1927 | Eve’s film Review 303 SONGS | |
| " | 1927 | Pathe Pictorial 493 SONGS | |
| " | 1928 | Pathe Pictorial 510 SONGS | |
| " | 1928 | Almost A Gentleman Phonofilm (comic monologue) SONGS | |
| " | 1928 | Eve’s Film Review 362 SONGS | |
| " | 1929 | Pathe Pictorial 565 SONGS | |
| " | 1930 | Pathetone 30 SONGS | |
| " | 1930 | Unnatural History Pathetone 33 (sketch) SONGS | |
| " | 1938 | On Golf Pathetone 453 SONGS | |
| Mavis Bennett singer | 1932 | Pathetone 10 SONGS Bird Of Love Divine | |
| Bennett and Williams musical comedians | 1931 | Ideal Cinemagazine 289 SONGS | |
| " | 1936 | Pathe Pictorial NS 6 SONGS First Call Of Spring | |
| " | 1937 | Pathe Pictorial NS 69 SONGS Au Revoir | |
| " | 1940 | Pathe Pictorial 216 SONGS Misty Island Of The Highlands | |
| Lucille Benstead singer | 1938 | Cavalcade of the Stars Coronel SONGS | |
| Harry Bentley singer | 1933 | Pathetone 184 SONGS Japanese Sandman | |
| Harold Berens impersonator | 1940 | Pathe Pictorial 216 SONGS | |
| Len Berman singer | 1937 | Pathetone 396 SONGS Leave the Pretty Girls Alone | |
| Peter Bernard singer | 1933 | Pathetone 159 SONGS | |
| " | 1936 | International Revue Medway SONGS | |
| " | 1937 | Pathetone 395 SONGS Ragtime Cowboy Joe Waiting For The Robert E. Lee | |
| Rita Bernard singer | 1936 | Cabaret Nights 6 Highbury SONGS | |
| " | 1936 | Cabaret Nights 7 Highbury SONGS | |
| Bernardi singer | 1931 | Pathetone 83 SONGS River Stay Away From My Door | |
| " | 1932 | Pathetone 100 SONGS When Its Sleepy Time Down South | |
| " | 1937 | Pathetone 362 SONGS | |
| W H Berry comic sketches comedian | 1929 | Merry Moments Eve’s Film Review 408 SONGS | |
| Frank Bird boy soprano | 1939 | Pathe Pictorial NS 174 SONGS Bird Song At Eventide | |
| Kenneth Birrel singer/dancer | 1937 | Footlights (Windmill Review)Ace SONGS | |
| " | 1938 | Swing SONGS | |
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