The 1930s Part Three:
1937, 1938, 1939
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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 (UK) | MUSICAL STARS | SOUNDTRACK | PRODUCTION COMPANY | DIRECTOR | SONGS BY |
| Big
Fella
DVD:
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1937 | Paul
Robeson
Elizabeth Welch
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Paul Robeson and Elizabeth Welch: "Lazin'," "River Steals My Folks From Me," "You Didn't Ought to Do Such Things."/ Paul Robeson: "Roll Up, Sailor Man," "All God's Chillun Got A Robe," My Curly -Headed Baby" /Elizabeth Welch: One Kiss; Harlem in my Heart | Fortune Films/ British Lion | James Elder Wills | |
| Command Performance | 1937 |
Arthur Tracy Lilli Palmer, Phyllis Stanley |
Arthur Tracy: My Gypsy Dream Girl; Dance, Gypsy Dance; Trees; Toreador Song: Whistling Gypsy; Danny Boy; Marta; The Old Oaten Bucket; Daisy Bell; Genevieve; Jolly Great Lumps of Duff | Grosvenor/ GFD | Sinclair Hill | |
| Calling All Stars | 1937 | Evelyn Dall Ambrose & his Orchestra, Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Orpheans, Sam Browne, Larry Adler, The Nicholas Brothers Turner Layton, Elizabeth Welch, Buck and Bubbles |
Evelyn Dall, with Ambrose & his Orch: "Organ Grinder's Swing" & "I Don't Wanna Get Hot" 78s:Decca F.6141 & F.7203 Elizabeth Welch sings: Nightfall (Recorded by Elizabeth Welch, and by Benny Carter on 78: S104-2 (on "Sophistication" Past Perfect CD: PPCD-78108) Turner Layton sings: These Foolish Things Buck and Bubbles: The Rhythm's OK in Harlem Nicholas Brothers: Za Zu Za Zu
|
British Lion | Herbert Smith | |
| Feather Your Nest | 1937 | George Formby
The Rhythm Sisters |
George Formby sings: Leaning on a Lampost 78-
Rhythm Sisters perform:The Robin Told Me So |
ATP | William Beaudine | |
| The Gang Show
Based on a Stage Production |
1937 | Ralph Reader, Stewart Robinson | Ralph Reader performs: Children of the New Regime; I've Got a Rainbow in My Heart; Birds of a Feather; With a Twinkle in Your Eye; Crest of a Wave/Stewart Robinson sings: That Song in My Heart/Dillwyn Thomas:Danny Boy; Mother Macree | Herbert Wilcox/GFD | Alfred Goulding | |
| Gangway
|
1937 | Jessie Matthews Barry Mackay
Nat Pendleton |
78-Decca F-6471,
F-6470
Jessie Matthews: Gangway; When You Gotta Sing; Moon or no Moon; Lord and Lady Whozis |
Gaumont British | Sonnie Hale | Goodhart, Hoffman, Lerner |
| The Girl in the Taxi
(Bilingual Versions) |
1937 | Frances Day | British Unity/ Associated British | Andre Berthomieu | ||
| Glamorous Night
Stage |
1937 | Mary Ellis
Trefor Jones Barry MacKay Ivor Novello :Perennial Matinee Idol
|
78-HMV C-2742 C-2743 | Associated British | Brian Desmond Hurst | Ivor Novello (m) Christopher Hassall (l)
|
| Good Morning Boys
(US:Where There's a Will) |
1937 | Will Hay, Lilli Palmer | Lilli Palmer sings: Baby, Whatcha Gonna Do Tonight? | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | |
| Head Over Heels
(US:Head Over Heels in Love) |
1937 | Jessie Matthews Buddy Bradley | 78-Decca F-6286, F-6287
Jessie Matthews:Head Over Heels in Love; Through the Courtesy of Love; Looking Round Corners; There's that look in your eye; Don't Give a Good Gosh Darn; May I have the next romance with you? |
Gaumont British | Sonnie Hale | Mack Gordon, Harry Revel |
| Jericho
(US: Dark Sands) |
1937 |
Johnnie Nit
|
Song: It's a long way to Tipperary | Buckingham /GFD | Thornton Freeland | |
| Keep Fit | 1937 |
George Formby |
78 Regal- Zonophone MR-2570 MR-2571 | ATP | Anthony Kimmins | Formby, Clifford,Giffe |
| Let's Make a Night of It | 1937 | Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, June Clyde, Zelma O'Neal, Dan Donovan,Afrique, The Four Franks, The Four Aces, The Bands of Jack Jackson/Joe Loss/Sydney Lipton/Eddie Carroll/Harry Acres/ Rudy Starita'sMarimba Band,The Percy Athos Follies | Charles 'Buddy' Rogers sings; Something in My Eye; Why Don't You Come Down to Earth?/ Zelma O'Neal sings: Honeybunch/ Irene Prador sings: For Only You | Associated British | Graham Cutts | |
| The Lilac Domino
Stage |
1937 | June Knight | June Knight sings; The Lilac Domino Waltz, My Heart Will Be Dancing | Grafton/ Capitol/Cecil | Fred Zelnick | Charles Cuvillier(m)
J. Adair Fitzgerald(l) |
| Lily of Laguna | 1937 | Nora Swinburne, Talbot O'Farrell, John Payne's Negro Choir |
Talbot O'Farrell sings: When Flanagan Went to Spain Dudley Rolphe:Lily of Laguna Nora Swinburne: Mighty like a rose; Charmaine; If you could care for me |
Butchers | Oswald Mitchell | |
| Little Miss Somebody | 1937 | Binkie Stuart
Binkie Stewart Photo
|
Binkie Stewart: Then I wiggle down in bed | Mondover/ Butchers | Walter Tennyson | |
| London Melody
(US: Girls in the Street) |
1937 | Anna
Neagle
|
Anna Neagle:The eyes of the world are on you; Jingle of the jungle Recorded by Louis Levy (ASV CD: Music From the Movies) |
Herbert Wilcox/GFD | Herbert Wilcox | |
| Mad About Money
(US: He Loved an Actress) |
1937 |
Lupe Velez, Ben Lyon, Ronald Ward |
Morgan Films/
British Lion |
Melville Brown | Jimmy Dyrenforth, Kenneth Leslie-Smith | |
| Mayfair Melody | 1937 | Chili Bouchier | First National /Warner Bros/ Teddington | Arthur B Woods
Cheoreography by Jack Donohoe |
Kenneth Leslie-Smith | |
| The Minstrel Boy | 1937 |
Lucille Lisle, Fred Conyngham Chili Bouchier Ronald Walters, Xenia and Boyer |
Ronald Walters: Moonlight Madonna; Sweet Muchacha | Dreadnought/ Butchers | Sydney Morgan | |
| O Kay For Sound
Stage |
1937 | Crazy Gang, PeterDawson, The Radio Three, The Sherman Fisher Girls, Three Little Words (dance trio) | The Radio Three sing: OKay For Sound/Flanagan and Allen: Free; There's a Big Day Coming | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | |
| Over She Goes
Stage |
1937 | Stanley Lupino
John Wood Laddie Cliff |
Stanley Lupino: Over She Goes, Side by Side, Country Wedding/ John Wood:I Breathe on Windows; Side by Side; Country Wedding Song by Billy Mayerl : ' I breathe on windows' |
Associated British | Graham Cutts | Song by Billy Mayerl |
| Over the Moon Technicolor
(Released in 1940) |
1937 | Merle Oberon, Elizabeth Welch | Elizabeth Welch: Red Hot Annabelle | London Films/ Denham /UA | Thornton Freeland/ William K. Howard | |
| Paradise for Two
(US: The Gaiety Girls) |
1937 | Jack Hulbert, Patricia Ellis, Googie Withers | Jack Hulbert: In a Paradise for Two; When You Hear Music | Denham/ United Artists | Thornton Freeland | |
| The Penny Pool | 1937 | Luanne Shaw, Tommy Fields, The Marie Louise Sisters, Macari and his Dutch Serenaders | Fred Tilson: Keep Fit | Mancunian | George Black | |
| Please Teacher | 1937 | Bobby Howes | Bobby Howes sings: You Give Me Ideas; Mind How You Go Across the Road;Temple Bells; Hail Women of History | Wardour/ Associated British | Stafford Dickens | |
| Rhythm Racketeer | 1937 | Harry Roy Band, Princess Pearl (Pearl Vyner Brooke) | Harry Roy Band: Rhythm Racketeer ; I Fell in Love with a Poster; Seven Different Sweeties a Week; You Struck the Right Note | Rock Productions/ British Independent | James Seymour | |
| Rose of Tralee | 1937 | Binkie
Stuart [child star: England's ShirleyTemple]
Danny Malone, Talbot O'Farrell, Fred
Conyngham
Binkie Stewart: Photo
|
Binkie Stewart: Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow wow/ Danny Malone sings: Rose of Tralee/Talbot O'Farrell sings: Down on Finnegan's Farm | Butchers | Oswald Mitchell | W. Debroy Somers |
| Saturday Night Revue | 1937 | Billy Milton,Sally Gray, Webster Booth, Sydney Kyte Band, Billy Reid Band, Strad and his Nesboys | Pathe/Welwyn Studios | Norman Lee | ||
| The Schooner Gang | 1937 | Vesta Victoria | Vesta Victoria: The Old Tin Kettle; For You | New Garrick/ Butchers | W. Devenport Hackney | |
| Shooting Stars | 1937 | Fred Duprez, Phyllis Robins, The Sherman Fisher Girls | Phyllis Robins sings: I Saw a Ship A Sailing; Boo Hoo; The Meanest thing You Did to Me; I Took My Heart to a Party | Viking Films | Eric Humphris | |
| The Show Goes On | 1937 | Gracie Fields
Cyril Ritchard |
Gracie Fields: A Song in your Heart; My Love for You; The Co-Op Shop; You've Got to Smile; I Never Cried so much in my life; We're All Good Pals Together; In a little Lancashire Town | ATP/ Associated British | Basil Dean | |
| Sing As You Swing
(Re-issue title: Let the People Laugh) |
1937 | Evelyn Dall
The Mills Brothers, Lu-Anne Merideth Mantovani and hisTipica Orchestra, Nat Gonella and his Georgians, The Sherman Fisher Girls |
Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra play: Black
Eyes; Let's Dance
Lu-Anne Merideth sings: Sing As You Swing The Mills Brothers perform: Solitude; Nagasaki Bryan Lawrence: The Mountains of Mourne |
Rock Studios/ British Independent | Redd Davis | |
| The Sky's the Limit | 1937 | Jack Buchanan
Mara Loseff, The Four New Yorkers |
Jack Buchanan: My Beloved; Swing and me; Just whisper I love you; The Montreal | General Film Distributors (GFD) | Lee Garmes, Jack Buchanan | |
| Song of the Forge | 1937 | Stanley Holloway | Stanley Holloway: The Village Blacksmith; The Poacher; Why Can't we? | Butchers | Henry Edwards | |
| Splinters in the Air | 1937 | Stuart Robinson, Ralph Reader
|
Stuart Robinson sings: Watching the Stars; The Sunshine of Your Smile; Sweet and Low; Flying High | Herbert Wilcox/GFD | Alfred Goulding | |
| The Street Singer | 1937 | Arthur Tracey, Margaret Lockwood, Lew Stone Band | 78-Decca F-6475 Arthur Tracy: Halfway to heaven; Street serenade; Haroun el Rachid | British National | Jean de Marguenat | |
| Sunset in Vienna (US: Suicide Legion) | 1937 | Lilli Palmer | Lilli Palmer sings: Sunset in Vienna; We'll Never Run Short of Love | Herbert Wilcox/GFD | Norman Walker | |
| Sweet Devil | 1937 |
Bobby Howes, The Four New Yorkers |
Bobby Howes sings: You Should Be Set To Music; What's Going To Happen To Me? | Jack Buchanan /GFD | Rene Guissart | |
| Take My Tip | 1937 | Cicely Courtneidge
Jack Hulbert, Philip Bouchel |
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert: Birdie Out of a Cage; If I Was Anything but Sentimental | Gaumont British/GFD | Herbert Mason
Choreography by Philip Bouchel and Scott Courtney |
|
| Talking Feet | 1937 |
Hazel Ascot (Juvenile tap dancing star) Sonny Farrer and his Band
|
Musical numbers: full list |
UK Films/Sound City Filmed at Shepperton |
John Baxter | |
| The Ticket of Leave Man | 1937 | Marjorie Taylor | Marjorie Taylor sings:On Wings of Song; Cherry Ripe; Standchen | George King/MGM | George King | |
| Underneath the Arches | 1937 | Flanagan and Allen | Flanagan and Allen: Underneath the Arches; A Million Tears | Twickenham/ Wardour | Redd Davis | |
| Variety Hour | 1937 | Clapham and Dwyer, Jack Donohoe (US dancer), Brian Lawrence and his Lansdowne Band, The Norwich Trio, The Music Hall Boys | Fox British | Redd Davis | ||
| The Vicar of Bray | 1937 | Stanley Holloway
Lawrence Grossmith |
Stanley Holloway: The Vicar of Bray; Here's a Health unto his Majesty; I'm Leaving Dear Old Ireland; Down Among the Dead Men | JH Productions/ Associated British | Henry Edwards | |
| Who's Your Lady Friend? | 1937 | Frances Day
Vic Oliver |
Frances Day sings: Moonlight and Music | Dorian/ Associated British | Carol Reed | |
| Wings of the Morning
Technicolor ***Britain's First Full Length Technicolor Feature*** |
1937 | Henry Fonda, Annabella, John McCormack | John McCormack sings: Killarney; Come Back to Erin; Those Endearing Young Charms; At the Dawning of the Day | New World/20th Cetury Fox | Harold Schuster | |
| Around the Town | 1938 | Vic Oliver, Elizabeth Welch, Jimmy Kennedy, Michael CarrTin Pan Alley Trio, The Rhythm Sisters, The Three HillbilliesTerry's Juveniles, Maurice Winnick Band | British Lion | Herbert Smith | ||
| Break the News | 1938 | Jack Buchanan, MauriceChevalier
June Knight |
Jack Buchanan:It All Belongs to You*/ Jack Buchanan/ MauriceChevalier: We're Old Buddies+ | Jack Buchanan/GFD | Rene Clair | Cole Porter*
Van Phillips /Buchanan+ |
| Everything Happens To Me | 1938 | Max Miller | Max Miller sings: Everything Happens To Me; At the Bathing Parade | Warner Bros. | Roy William Neill | |
| Follow Your Star | 1938 | Arthur Tracy | Arthur Tracy sings: Laugh, Clown, Laugh; Misty Islands of the Highlands; Goldilocks; Waltz for those in love; It's My mother's Birthday today; De Lawd Loves His People to Sing | Belgrave/GFD | Sinclair Hill | |
| Hold my Hand | 1938 | Stanley Lupino
John Wood Polly Ward |
Stanley Lupino: Hold my Hand, Turn on the Love Light, Spring Time/John Wood: As Long as I can look at you; Spring Time: Hold My Hand/Polly Ward: Hold My Hand; As Long As I Can Look at You | Associated British | Thornton Freeland | |
| I've Got a Horse | 1938 | Sandy Powell | Sandy Powell performs: I'm Getting on Nicely, Thank You; Hear All, See All, Say Nowt | British Lion | Herbert Smith | |
| I See Ice | 1938 | George Formby
Cyril Ritchard |
78 Regal- Zonophone MR-2752, MR-2753 | ATP | Anthony Kimmins | Harper/ Haines/ Harry Parr -Davies /Hunter /Formby/ Cliffe |
| It's in the Air
(US: George Takes the Air) |
1938 | George Formby | 78 Regal- Zonophone MR-2890, MR-2891 | Eltham Films/ATP | Anthony Kimmins | George Formby Gifford, Cliffe and Harry Parr-Davies |
| Keep Smiling (US:Smiling Along) | 1938 | Gracie Fields | 78s Regal- Zonophone
MR-1793, MR-2892, MR-2950, MR-3000,
MR-3001
Gracie Fields: Giddy Up; The Holy City; Mrs Binns's Twins; Peace of Mind; Swing your way to happiness; You've got to be smart in the army |
20th Century Fox British | Monty Banks | |
| Kicking the Moon Around
(US: The Playboy/ Millionaire Merry Go Round) |
1938 | Harry Richman, Florence Desmond
Evelyn Dall Frances Day, Ambrose and his Orchestra Maureen O'Hara |
Harry Richman sings: Two Bouquets; You're What's the Matter withy Me; Mayfair Merry Go Round | Vogue/GFD | Walter Forde | |
| Little Dolly Daydream | 1938 | Binkie
Stuart
Talbot O'Farrell, Jane Welsh, Guy Jones and his Band Binkie Stewart: Photo
|
Talbot O'Farrell sings: Little Dolly Daydream; The Lisp of a Baby's Prayer/Jane Welsh: Here, there, everywhere; Don't you come anymore;I know that love is somewhere/ Binkie Stewart:Teddy Bears Picnic | Argyle British/ Butchers | Oswald Mitchell | |
| The Mikado
Technicolor DVD:
Reviews and Articles on the film and DVD Stage
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1938 | Kenny Baker Martyn
Green
D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus Conductor: Geoffrey Toye |
G and S Films | Victor Schertzinger | W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | |
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1938 | Jan Paderewski
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Paderewski plays: Chopin "Heroic Polonaise, Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody," Beethoven "Moonlight," Paderewski "Minuet in G |
Pall Mall/ United Artists | Lothar Mendes | |
| Mountains O'Mourne | 1938 | Niall MacGinniss, Rene Ray, Percival Mackey and his Band | Rene Ray sings: Danny Boy; Dear Little Shamrock; The Mountains O'Mourne | Rembrandt/ Butchers | Harry Hughes | |
| My Irish Molly
(US: Little Miss Molly) |
1938 | Binkie
Stuart
Maureen O'Hara Binkie Stewart Photo
|
Binkie Stewart: Farmyard Frolics | Argyle British/ Associated British | Alex Bryce | |
| Penny Paradise | 1938 | Betty Driver | Betty Driver sings: Stick Out Your Chin, You Can't Have Your Cake, Learn How To Sing a Love Song | ATP | Carol Reed | |
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VHS: |
1938 | Jessie Matthews Barry Mckay
Jack Whiting (US singer and dancer) |
78-Decca- F6672,
F6673 . Jessie Matthews: My heart
skips a beat; My river; Trusting My Luck; Souvenir of Love*On CD (ASV)
Jack Whiting: My heart skips a beat; Souvenir of Love (On LP: Classic Movie Musicals of Arthur Johnston JJA-19832) |
Gaumont British | Sonnie Hale | Arthur Johnston/ Sigler |
| Save a Little Sunshine | 1938 |
Tommy Trinder Max Wall |
Pat Kirkwood sings: Save a Little Sunshine ;Gentle Flowers; Nothing Can Worry Me Now | Welwyn/Pathe | Norman Lee | |
| Stepping Toes | 1938 |
Hazel Ascot (Juvenile tap dancing star) Alfredo Campoli Duggie Ascot |
Complete list of Musical Numbers |
UK Films/Two Cities/British Independent Filmed at Shepperton |
John Baxter | |
| We're Going to Be Rich | 1938 | Gracie Fields | Gracie Fields: Walter, Walter; Ee By Gum; Trek Song; Will you love me when I'm mutton?; The Sweetest song in the world; Oh you naughty man; The man who broke the bank; Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay; Two Lovely Black Eyes; There is a tavern in the town | 20th Century Fox | Monty Banks | |
| Yes , Madam? | 1938 | Bobby Howes
Diana Churchill, Billy Milton |
Bobby Howes sings: Yes Madam;What Are You Going To Do If Love Comes?; Something Will Happen Today; Czechoslovakian Love; Cat Duet | Associated British | Norman Lee | |
| All at Sea | 1939 | Sandy Powell | Sandy Powell performs: Oh, Ain't it Grand to be in the Navy | British Lion | Herbrert Smith | |
| Band Waggon | 1939 |
Pat Kirkwood ArthurAskey Jack Hylton Band, Bruce Trent, Jasmine Bligh, The Sherman Fisher Girls |
Pat Kirkwood sings: The Only One Who's Difficult
is You *(78-OEA-8361-1) The Melody Maker, Heaven Will Be Heavenly, Boomps-a
Daisy. *On CD: BSLV-001
Arthur Askey performs: A Pretty Bird, Big Hearted Arthur . On CD (EMI) ''Band Waggon'' on CD:Arthur Askey-The Busy Bee: Empress RAJCD 885 Jack Hylton:Band Waggon,After Dark, The Melody Maker, Roadhouse Revels (on CD: Vocalion) |
Gainsborough /Gaumont British /GFD | Marcel Varnel | Noel Gay/ Clifford Grey /Harry Parr Davies/
and others |
| Come On George | 1939 |
George Formby |
78-Regal Zonophone. MR-3160,
MR-3161
Songs; Goodnight Little Fellow Goodnight, Pardon Me, I Could Not Let The Stable Down, I'm Making Headway Now |
ATP/Ealing | Anthony Kimmins | Formby, Clifford, Giffe, Frame, Nicholson |
| Hoots Mon! | 1939 | Max Miller Florence Desmond | Max Miller sings: Mary from the Dairy; The Charabanc Song | Warner Bros. | Roy William Neill | |
| The Lambeth Walk
Stage prod 'Me and My Girl' |
1939 | Lupino Lane
Sally Gray |
78-HMV- BD-506, BD-596 | CAPAD/ Pinebrook | Albert De Courville | Noel Gay(m), Douglas Furber(l) |
| Laugh it Off | 1939 | Tommy Trinder, Geraldo and his Orchestra, Joan Davis Dancers | Tommy Trinder: Laugh it Off; 'sarternoon; If You Were The Only Girl in the World | British National/Anglo | John Baxter | |
| Let's Be Famous | 1939 | Jimmy O'Dea, Sonnie Hale, Betty Driver | Betty Driver sings: I Ran Into Love, The Moon Remembers, I've Got a Hunch, Whistle When You Want Me, The Gospel of Love /Sonnie Hale: We've got a hunch | Ealing | Walter Forde | |
| Me and My Pal | 1939 | Pat Kirkwood | Pat Kirkwood sings: Dinah;Some of These Days;I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | Welwyn/Pathe | Thomas Bentley | |
| Shipyard Sally | 1939 | Gracie Fields | 78-Regal Zonophone
MR-3118, MR-3119
Gracie Fields: Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye; Danny Boy; Grandfather's Bagpipes; I've got the jitterbugs |
20th Century Fox British | Monty Banks | Louis Levy |
| Trouble Brewing | 1939 | 78-Regal Zonophone MR-2083, MR-3039 | Ealing | Anthony Kimmins | Formby, Clifford, Giffe |
