The 1930s Part One:
1929 to 1933
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You will find basic credits information on many of these films by clicking on the All Movie Guide and The TV Guide Movie Database pages
The list on this page is not comprehensive- a list that contains every song featured in a 1930s British Movie would be at least twice as long as this! See Show Music On Record by Jack Raymond for further information...
Here are two more 1930's lists, from another excellent site on Vintage Performers and Bands of this period:
Film Appearances by Dance Bands
| TITLE | YEAR | MUSICAL STARS | SOUNDTRACK | PRODUCTION COMPANY | DIRECTOR | SONGS BY |
| 29.1
Auld Lang Syne (Filmed as silent: songs added later) |
1929 | Sir Harry Lauder | 78s:Sir Harry Lauder sings: Auld Lang Syne | Welsh- Pearson-Elder /Famous- Lasky | George Pearson | |
| 29.2
Comets |
1929 | Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton, The Tiller Girls, The Golden Serenaders | Alpha/ Jury-Metro -Goldwyn | Sasha Geneen | ||
| 29.3
Stage |
1929 | Stanley Holloway
Elsa MacFarlane, Phyllis Monkman, Harry S. Pepper |
Stanley Holloway: Down Love Lane; Sam and his Musket
There were many 78rpm records of songs from the various stage productions of 'The Co- Optimists' between 1921 and 1935. A selection of these was collected on a 2xLP set (World Records: SHB 25) in 1976 |
New Era | Edwin Greenwood, Laddie Cliff | |
| 29.4
Splinters (Stage: film of a concert party show) |
1929 | Hal Jones, Reg Stone (female impersonator) Nelson Keys | British and Dominions/ W&F | Jack Raymond | ||
|
30 Big Business |
1930 | Frances Day, Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, Sherman Fisher Girls, Arthur Roseberry and his Symphonic Syncopated Orchestra |
Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson sings: 'Always Your Humble Slave'* 78 Parlophone R 774 |
Sheridan Films/Fox | Oscar M Sheridan | * by Sheridan/David |
| 30.1
The Brat (aka:The Nipper) (Multi-lingual versions) |
1930 | Betty Balfour
John Stuart |
78 HMV B-3451
Betty Balfour sings: Back to Gay Paree; We're Uncomfortable |
Betty Balfour Pictures/ United Artists | Louis Mercanton | |
| 30.2
City of Song (US:Farewell to love)
|
1930 | Jan Kiepura | Jan Kiepura: Naples your song is Everywhere ; Nun me Seeta;La donna e mobile | Associated Sound Film Industries | Carmine Gallone | |
| 30.3
Elstree Calling (part colour) |
1930 | Anna May Wong, Jack Hulbert, Will Fyffe, Cicely Courtneidge | Lily Morris sings: Why Am I Always the Bridesmaid?; Only a Working Man/Cicely Courtneidge:I've fallen in love/ Jack Hulbert: The thought never enter my head/ Three Eddies (dancers): Dance around in your bones | British International Pictures (BIP) | Various, inc. Alfred Hitchcock, Andre Charlot | |
| 30.4
Just For a Song (part colour) |
1930 | Lillian Davis | 78 HMV B-3426 Lillian Davis: Ashes of Dreams; Oh,Lover True | Gainsborough/ Ideal | V. Gareth Gundry | |
| 30.5
The Loves of Robert Burns |
1930 | Joseph Hislop
George Baker |
78s HMV B-3264* B-3265**
Joseph Hislop sings: Loch Lomond*; Ye Banks and Braes*; Bonnie Mary of Argyle*; Annie Laurie**; Afton Waters** |
British and Dominions /W&F | Herbert Wilcox | Biopicof Robert Burns
Songs include : 'Comin' Through the Rye', 'Auld Lang Syne' and others |
| 30.6
Raise the Roof
|
1930 | Betty Balfour, Maurice Evans, Sam Livesey, Jack Raine, Andrea Malandrinos, The Plaza Tiller Girls | British International Pictures | Walter Summers | Tom Helmore | |
| 30.7
Song of Soho |
1930 | Carl Brisson | 78 HMV B-3285
Carl Brisson: Camille; There's something about you that's different |
British International Pictures | Harry Lachman | Arthur Wimperis |
| 30.8
The Yellow Mask |
1930 | Wilfred Temple | Wilfred Temple:A million dreams; I left my heart with you | British International Pictures | Harry Lachman | |
| 31.1
Man of Mayfair |
1931 |
Jack Buchanan Joan Barry, Francis Mangan Girls |
78 HMV B-4005
Jack Buchanan sings: Alone with My Dreams; You forgot your gloves |
Paramount British | Louis Mercanton | Jack Buchanan, Eliscu, Lehak |
| 31.2
Never Trouble Trouble |
1931 | Lupino Lane
Merle Oberon |
78 Columbia DB-465
Lupino Lane:Who Could? We could, We Two |
Lupino Lane/ Producer's Distributing Corporation | Lupino Lane | |
| 31.3
Out of the Blue |
1931 | Gene Gerrard, Jessie Matthews, Binnie Barnes, John Reynders and his Band | Jessie Matthews: Out of the Blue; I'm Glad I Met You; Let's be Sentimental | British International Pictures/Pathe | Gene Gerrard, John Orton | |
| 31.4
Sally in Our Alley On VHS (UK) |
1931 | Gracie Fields Florence Desmond | 78 HMV B-3879*
78 HMV B-3595** Gracie Fields:Sally*;Fall in and Follow the Band*; Fred Fanakapan** ; Lancashire Blues |
Associated Talking Pictures(ATP) | Maurice Elvey | |
| 31.5
Sunshine Susie (US:The Office Girl) [aka:Die Privatsekretaerin] |
1931 | Renate Muller, Jack Hulbert | 78 Columbia DB-687*
Renate Muller/Jack Hulbert sing: Today I Feel so Happy*/Renate Muller: Just Because I lost my heart to you* Also German language version: 78 Columbia DV-394 |
Gainsborough /Ideal | Victor Saville | |
| 32.1
For the Love of Mike Stage (London: Saville Theatre 1931) |
1932 | Bobby Howes [from Stage production] Constance Shotter, The Carlyle Cousins | 78 Columbia DB-697*
Bobby Howes sings Got a Date with an Angel*, Who Do You Love?*; Sing Brothers |
British International Pictures/ Wardour | Monty Banks | Jack Waller, Joseph Tunbridge (m)/Clifford Grey, Sonny Miller(l) |
| 32.2
Goodnight Vienna (US:Magic Night) |
1932 | Jack Buchanan
|
78-HMV B4083* Jack
Buchanan sings: Goodnight Vienna*;Living
in Clover*; Just Heaven; Dear Little Waltz; Marching Song
Anna Neagle sings :Dear little waltz;My pretty flowers |
British and Dominions | Herbert Wilcox | George Posford, Marvell, Eric Maschwitz |
| 32.3
Happy Ever After (UK/Germany) [Made in Berlin] Made in English, French and German versions, with different casts |
1932 | Jack Hulbert, Sonnie
Hale
Cicely Courtneidge Lilian Harvey |
78 Parlophone R-1309*
Lilian Harvey:In a Year, In a Day*;Truly Rural Gentlemen* /Jack Hulbert: Keep on the bright side Note: other recordings issued by French and German casts |
UFA/W&F | Paul Martin/ Robert Stevenson | |
| 32.4
His Lordship |
1932 | Jerry Verno | Westminster/ UA | Michael Powell | Eric Maschwitz
V C Clinton- Baddeley |
|
| 32.5
Jack's the Boy (US: Night and Day) |
1932 | Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge | 78-HMV B4263*
Jack Hulbert:The flies crawled
up the window*;I want to cling to Ivy*
Cicely Courtneidge: If you are out to give a party * On 2 x CD set: 'Spread A Little Happiness - the music and songs of Vivian Ellis' Happy Days CD HD 257-8 |
Gainsborough | Walter Forde | Vivian Ellis (m)
Douglas Furber(l) |
| 32.6
Looking on The Bright Side |
1932 | Gracie Fields | 78-HMV B4258*
78-HMV B4259** 78-HMV B4260*** Gracie Fields:Looking on The Bright Side*; He's Dead, but he won't lie down* You're More than All the World to Me**;; I Hate You***; After Tonight We Say Goodbye*** |
ATP | Basil Dean, Graham Cutts | |
| 32.7
Love on Wheels |
1932 | Jack Hulbert | Jack Hulbert:The same old bus;I hunger for you; Wear gloves; Little girl; Find the lady; Two in a bar | Gainsborough /W&F | Victor Saville | |
| 32.8
Maid of the Mountains Stage |
1932 | Harry Welchman, Nancy Brown | Harry Welchman
: A bachelor gay am I; There's no day like today; The keys to my heart
;True love
Newly recorded on CD: Hyperion CDA 67190 |
British International Pictures | Lupino Lane | Harold Fraser -Simpson (m), Harry Graham(l) |
| 32.9
Marry Me (Bilingual Versions) [aka: Maedchen Zum Heiraten] |
1932 | Renate Muller, George Robey | 78 Decca F-3220*
Renate Muller sings: A Little Sunshine*; Wonderful to Me*; Marry Me Other records issued in Germany by German cast |
Gainsborough/ Ideal | William Thiele | |
| 32.10
The Midshipmaid (US: Midshipmaid Gob) |
1932 | Jessie Matthews, John Mills | 78 Columbia DB-1048*
Also 78 Decca K-871* (re-recorded in 1937) Jessie Matthews:One Little Kiss From You*; Tiddley Om Pom Pay |
Gaumont/ W&F | Albert de Courville | |
| 32.11
The New Hotel |
1932 | Norman Long, Dan Young, Al Davison and his Band | Producer's Distributing Corporation | Bernard Mainwaring | ||
| 32.12
Perfect Understanding |
1932 | Gloria Swanson
Laurence Olivier |
78 HMV B-4357
Gloria Swanson sings:I love you so much that I hate you; Ich Liebe Dich, My Dear |
Gloria Swanson British/United Artists | Cyril Gardner | |
| 32.13
Say It With Music |
1932 |
Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Band, Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, Anona Winn, Flotsam anf Jetsam |
78s:*
Jack Payne performs: Say it With Music*; Love is the Sweetest Thing; Good Morning Mr. Sun; I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy; Smile and Sing Your Cares Away Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson sings: 'Love is the Sweetest Thing' ** ** on 78 Parlophone R-1371
|
British and Dominions | Jack Raymond | |
| 32.14
Tell Me Tonight (US:Be Mine Tonight) [Filmed in Germany:English French and German language versions] |
1932 | Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale | 78 Parlophone RO-20201*
Jan Kiepura:Tell me tonight*;La danza*;O sole mio; My heart is full of sunshine: Che Gelida Manina; Ach so fromm Other recordings issued from French and German versions |
Cine-Allianz/ W&F | Anatole Litvak | |
| 32.15
There Goes the Bride |
1932 | Jessie Matthews | 78 Columbia DB-1048*
Jessie Matthews: I'll Stay with You*; I'm Looking for You |
Gainsborough/ British Lion | Albert de Courville | |
| 33.1
Aunt Sally (US:Along Came Sally) |
1933 | Cicely Courtneidge, Debroy Summers Band | 78 HMV B-8067*, B-8068**
Cicely Courtneidge: We all go riding on a rainbow*; Napoleon's hat*; My wild oat** ; The wind's in the West**; Ain't she dainty?; You ought to see Sally on Sunday ; A fair and square man Debroy Summers Band/Three Admirals:We all go riding on a rainbow;My wild oat;You ought to see Sally on Sunday |
Gainsborough /Gaumont British | Tim Whelan | |
| 33.2
Bitter Sweet Stage |
1933 | Anna Neagle
Ivy St. Helier (from West End Cast) Stuart Robinson*
(*brother of Anna Neagle) |
Anna Neagle:I'll see you again; The call of life;
Sweet little cafe
Ivy St. Helier:If love were all *; Kiss me before you go away Stewart Robinson: Tokay No recordings from film issued. 78s issued from 1929 stage version: 78 HMV B-3144*, HMV C-1746 Available on CD Noel Coward : The Great Shows (EMI 2xCD set; issued 1999) |
British and Dominions | Herbert Wilcox | Noel Coward (m/l)
|
| 33.3
Britannia of Billingsgate |
1933 | Voilet Lorraine, Gordon Harker, John Mills, Roy Fox Band | 78 Decca M-441*
Voilet Lorraine sings: Let The World Go Drifting By* ;There'll Still Be Love*; How Does a Wet FishWish? ; Piccadilly Playground |
Gaumont British | Sinclair Hill | George Posford |
| 33.4
Facing the Music |
1933 | Stanley Lupino | 78 Decca F-3652
Stanley Lupino: I've gound the right girl (Oh what a girl)*; Let me gaze*; Light as air |
British International Pictures/ Wardour | Harry Hughes | |
| 33.5
Falling For You |
1933 | Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Tamara Desni | 78-HMV B 4474*, HMV B 4475**
Cicely Courtneidge:Why has a cow got four legs?**; Mrs Bartholomew **/ Jack Hulbert: Sweep*; You don't understand* 'Mrs Bartholomew', Sweep; You Don't Understand. On 2 x CD set: 'Spread A Little Happiness - the music and songs of Vivian Ellis' Happy Days CD HD 257-8 |
Gainsborough | Jack Hulbert, Robert Stevenson | Vivian Ellis(m), Douglas Furber(l) |
| 33.6
The Good Companions Stage |
1933 |
Jessie Matthews John Gielgud |
78-Columbia DB-1102*
Jessie Matthews : Three Wishes*; Let Me Give my Happiness to You*; Lucky for me |
Gaumont Welsh- Pearson | Victor Saville | Douglas Furber, George Posford |
| 33.7
Happy (based on German musical comedy:Es war einmal ein Musikus) |
1933 | Stanley Lupino, Will Fyffe | 78 Decca F-3974
Stanley Lupino: Happy*;There's so much I'm waiting to tell you |
British International Pictures/ Wardour | Fred Zelnick | |
| 33.8
Jack Ahoy! |
1933 | Jack Hulbert, Tamara Desni | 78-HMV B-8062 Jack Hulbert: My hat's on the side of my head (Reissued in 1936: HMV C-2868) | Gaumont British | Walter Forde | Claude Hulbert Harry Woods |
| 33.9
Lily of Killarney (US: Bride of the Lake) Filmed in Ireland and at Sound City Shepperton Stage: Operetta first performed in 1862 |
1933 | Stanley Holloway, Gina Malo, John Garrick | Stanley Holloway : Father O'Flynn | Twickenham/ APD | Maurice Elvey | Charles Benedict(m)/Dion Boucicault /John Oxenford(l) |
| 33.10
The Little Damozel |
1933 | Anna Neagle
|
78 HMV B-4365*
Anna Neagle:What more can I ask?*; The dream is over**; Brighter than the sun |
British and Dominions/ W and F | Herbert Wilcox | * By Ray Noble(m), Anona Winn(l)
** By Noel Coward |
| 33.11
The Lost Chord |
1933 | Elizabeth Allan, Frederick Ranalow, Billy Mayerl | 78 : Frederick Ranalow sings: The Lost Chord | Twickenham/ APD | Maurice Elvey | |
| 33.12
Maid Happy (Filmed in Switzerland) |
1933 | Charlotte Ander, Johannes Riemann | Bendar/ Williams and Pritchard | Mansfield Markham | ||
| 33.13
One Precious Year |
1933 | Jennie Robins Western Brothers, Casa Nuova Girls | Jennie Robins sings: A Glad New Year/ Western Brothers: Wearing his old school tie | B and D | Henry Edwards | |
| 33.14
On the Air |
1933 | Anona Winn, Max Wall, Derek Oldham
Eve Becke, Roy Fox and his Band, Buddy Bradley's Rhythm Girls Clapham and Dwyer, Scott and Waley, Harry Champion; Wilson, Keppel and Betty |
78s | Herbert Smith/British Lion | Herbert Smith | |
| 33.15
Prince of Arcadia [Bi-lingual aka:Der Prinz von Arkadien] |
1933 | Carl Brisson, Margot Grahame
Ida Lupino |
78 Decca F-3759
Carl Brisson sings: Clown Prince of Arcadia; If I Could Only Find Her Also recording from German language version by Willi Forst |
Nettlefold- Fogwell/W&F | Hans Schwartz | Robert Stoltz |
| 33.16
Soldiers of the King (US:The Woman in Command) |
1933 | Cicely Courtneidge, Edward Everett Horton | 78 HMV B-4418
Cicely Courtneidge : There's something about a soldier*; The moment I saw you*; When old man love comes |
Gainsborough /W&F | Maurice Elvey | Noel Gay
Douglas Furber (l) |
| 33.17
The Song You Gave Me |
1933 | Bebe Daniels, Claude Hulbert | British International Pictures/ Wardour | Paul Stein | ||
| 33.18
A Southern Maid |
1933 | Harry Welchman, Lupino Lane, Bebe Daniels | Harry Welchman: Here's to those we love; Love's cigarette | British International Pictures/ Wardour | Harry Hughes | |
| 33.19
That's a Good Girl Stage (London 1928) |
1933 | Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph | 78s -HMV B-8026*
B-8027**
Jack Buchanan sings: Fancy OurMeeting*; Now That I've Found You*;So Green**;Oo la la**; The Battle |
B and D | Jack Buchanan | Philip Charig, Joseph Meyer (m), Douglas Ferber, Ira Gershwin, Desmond Carter (l) |
| 33.20
This Week of Grace |
1933 | Gracie Fields | 78s HMV B-4470*, B-4471**
Gracie Fields: Happy Ending*; Heaven Will Protect an Honest Girl*; Mary Rose**; My lucky Day**; Melody at Dawn; When Cupid Calls |
Real Art/Radio | Maurice Elvey | |
| 33.21
Waltz Time Based on Die Fledermaus |
1933 | Evelyn Laye, Fritz Schultz, George Baker, Frank Titterton | 78s Decca F-3513*, F-3514**
Evelyn Laye/ George Baker:A glass of golden bubbles*; Evelyn Laye: Butterfly song*; George Baker: Pretty One**; Frank Titterton: Come out, Vienna** |
Gaumont British | William Thiele | Johann Strauss |
| 33.22
Yes, Mr. Brown |
1933 | Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph | 78-HMV B-4398*
Jack Buchanan sings:Yes Mr Brown*; Leave a little love for me*; If you would learn to live *Available on CD |
B and D | Herbert Wilcox, Jack Buchanan | Abraham, Douglas Ferber |
| 33.23
You made me love you |
1933 | Stanley Lupino | Stanley Lupino sings: Miss Whatshername; Why can't we? | British International Pictures/ Wardour | Monty Banks |