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Please note that this page does not list every British film of the 1940s that features a musical number. There are many minor films, second features and shorts that feature singers and variety acts of the period, which are too numerous to mention!
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| TITLE | YEAR | MUSICAL STARS | SOUNDTRACK | PRODUCTION COMPANY | DIRECTOR | SONGS BY | |
| Comin' Thro' The Rye | 1947 |
Terence Alexander, Trefor Jones, SylviaWelling, Walter Saull's Scotia Singers |
Trefor Jones sings: My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose;Mary Morison; Bonny Wee Thing/ Sylvia Welling: Coming through the rye;Ye banks and braes;O whistle and I'll come;Charlie is my Darling | Advance | Walter C. Wycroft |
A musical biopic of Robert Burns
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| The Courtneys of Curzon Street
(US: The Courtney Affair) |
1947 |
Michael Wilding
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Anna Neagle sings: Roses of Picardy; Broken Doll (by Tate/Harris) ; Listen to the Band (by Lionel Monckton). Other songs: Lily of Laguna; Whispering; Ramona; Soldiers of the Queen; The Honeysuckle and the Bee; A Place of My Own; Haste to the Wedding. PLUS 'Lili Marlene' (sung by Gene Crowley) |
Imperadio/ British Lion | Herbert Wilcox |
Score: Anthony Collins Arranger: |
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| Cup-Tie Honeymoon | 1947 | Sandy Powell | Sandy Powell performs: Love is Just a Game | Mancunian | John E. Blakeley | ||
| Dancing With Crime | 1947 | Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Diana Dors, Patricia Dainton | Song:"Bow Bells" by "Ben
Bernard" (Benjamin Frankel) (M)and Harold Purcell (L)
Recorded by Dick James (v) with the Skyrockets Orchestra (78-HMV-BD 5984), and Paul Richmond (v) with the Lou Preager Band (78-HMV-FB 3339) and Donald Peers (v) (78-Decca F-9375) (Not S/T) |
Coronet/ Alliance | John Paddy Carstairs | Benjamin Frankel | |
| Easy Money | 1947 | Greta Gynt Freddie Carpenter, London Casino Dancers | 78 Columbia DB-2395
Greta Gynt sings: '(Shady) Lady Spiv' Song by Vivian Ellis |
Gainsborough | Bernard Knowles | ||
| The Hills of Donegal | 1947 | Dinah Sheridan, Tamara Desni | Several Irish songs, including "If All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Believe Me" | Butchers | John Argyle | ||
| Life is Nothing Without Music
(Short - 34mins) |
1947 | Jessie Matthews | Jessie Matthews: Life is Nothing Without Music; Sleepy Lagoon | Inspiration | |||
| Night Beat | 1947 | Ronald Howard, Anne Crawford, Christine Norden | Songs:"I'm Not In Love"and "When You Smile" by "Ben Bernard" (Benjamin Frankel) (M)and Harold Purcell (L) Performed by Christine Norden (in film) on 78 Columbia DB-2337, with orch. cond. by "Ben Bernard" (Benjamin Frankel) | British Lion
Made at Isleworth Studios |
Harold Huth | Benjamin Frankel
Songs:Benjamin Frankel (m) and Harold Purcell (l) |
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| They Made Me a Fugitive | 1947 | Phyllis Robins | Phyllis Robins sings: Caress Me | Gloria/ Alliance | Cavalcanti | ||
| When You Come Home | 1947 | Frank Randle Diana Decker Lynda Parker | Lynda Parker sings: When You Come Home | Butchers | John Baxter | ||
| Bless 'em all | 1948 | Max Bygraves | Stanley White:I'll be seeing you; Boom;Victory Waltz | Advance/ Adelphi | Robert Jordan Hill | ||
| Calling Paul Temple | 1948 | John Bentley Celia Lipton | Steve Race (Piano) performs: What's Cooking? ; Lady on the Loose | Nettlefold/ Butchers | Maclean Rogers | Steve Race | |
| A Date With a Dream | 1948 |
Jean(nie) Carson, Terry-Thomas, Norman Wisdom |
Jeannie Carson sings: 'Unlucky', 'Let Me Dream', 'Now is the Time For Love' 'How About Me For You' Performed by The Vic Lewis Orchestra with Jean Carson, Bill Lowe and Len Lowe Elton Hayes sings: 'Sombrero' (written by Elton Hayes) Vic Lewis Orchestra performs: 'Here Comes The Show' ; 'You Made Me Mad'; 'Whose Turn Now ?' (by Ken Thorne)
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Tempean/ Grand National | Dicky Leeman | Ken Thorne, Elton Hayes and others | |
| Holidays With Pay | 1948 | Frank Randle Tessie O'Shea
Josef Locke Pat Heywood and her Troupe |
Tessie O'Shea sings:Strolling
Along By the Seaside; He Isn't Much to Look At
Josef Locke sings:I'll take you home again Kathleen*; Moonlight and a prairie sky HMV 78*- * Available on CD EMI CD (MFP) 7243-8-53438-2-7 |
Mancunian | John E. Blakeley | ||
| It's a Wonderful Day | 1948 |
John Blythe, Lew Sherman, The Seven Imeson Brothers, George Mitchell and his Swing Choir
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George Mitchell and his Swing Choir perform: It's a Wonderful Day; Peel Rides Again; Big Noise From Winnetka | Knightsbridge/ Equity British | Hal Wilson | ||
| London Belongs To Me
(US: Dulcimer Street) |
1948 | Richard Attenborough, Susan Shaw, Elsie Bernard | Song:"(Little) Girl in Blue"
by "Ben Bernard" (Benjamin Frankel) (m) and Harold Purcell
(l) performed by Dick James.
Also on 78- Parlophone -F2332 Performed by Oscar Rabin and his band with unspecified vocalist (Not S/T) |
Individual/ GFD (Rank) | Sidney Gilliat | Benjamin Frankel | |
| Lucky Mascot
(US: Brass Monkey) |
1948 | Carroll Levis, Carole Landis, Terry-Thomas, Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, Avril Angers, Carole Lester (Lesley) |
Avril Angers sings: Home Sweet Home Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson sings: ? |
Diadem/ Alliance | Thornton Freeland | ||
| Melody in the Dark | 1948 |
Ben Wrigley Eunice Gayson, The Keynotes, The Stardusters The London Lovelies |
Dawn Lesley sings: My Song of Love Marion Saunders sings :Our Time is Now (with the Stardusters Dance Orchestra) Stardusters Dance Orchestra: Welcome Inn; Gay Doggie |
Advent/ Adelphi | Robert Jordan Hill | ||
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One Night With You
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1948 | Nino Martini Patricia Roc Stanley Holloway | 78 HMV DA-1882
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Nino Martini sings: One Night With You*; A Path in the Forest*, and "O paradiso", "Brindisi" |
Two Cities/GFD | Terence Young | Bixio/ Lambert Williamson | |
| The Red Shoes
Technicolor Available on DVD US/UK:
Stage (1993:NY) CD "Unsung Musicals Vol 2" Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series VSD-5564 (Song from stage Musical version of TRS)
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1948 |
Anton Walbrook Leonide Massine A Selection of articles on the film
Dresses for the film by Jacques Fath: Link to External site
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78s (Ballet of 'The Red Shoes' Cond. Sir Thomas Beecham) Rank Film Music Collection FM13 on "British Film Music, Volume 1": Pearl CD - GEM0100 Ballet of the Red Shoes (with Ondes Martinot) Philharmonia Orchestra / Kenneth Alwyn CD: 1990 Silva Screen FILM CD 072, SSD-1011 "Classic British Film Music" CD:Silva Screen FILM CD 713 "Red Shoes: Classic British Film Music" CD: Silva Screen FILMXCD 309 "Great British Film Music Album" (2CD) CD: 1999 Silva America SSD-1094 "Great British Film Music Album" (1CD) Bougainvillaea Ted Heath & Orchestra 78: Rank Film Music Collection FM14 Bootleg CD: Soundtrack Factory SFCD33540 |
The Archers/
Independent Producers |
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | Brian Easdale (Score/Ballet Music)
Kenny Baker Swing Group |
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| A Song For Tomorrow | 1948 | Evelyn McCabe | Evelyn McCabe sings: Danny Boy; Abide With Me | Production Facilities/GFD | Terence Fisher | ||
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Spring in Park Lane Available on VHS in UK :
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1948 | Anna Neagle Michael Wilding
Peter Graves
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Anna Neagle sings: 'The Moment
I Saw You'
78 Decca 'The Moment I Saw You' by Robert Farnon Orchestra (released 1950) On CD : At the Movies (Hits From the Silver Screen) Horatio Nelson CD SIV-6111/ Also recorded by Steve Conway (not S/T) (78-Columbia) on CD EMI (MFP) Steve Conway 'Early One Morning' on Decca EP: DFE-6320 (released 1956) and Decca LP: LK-R-4427 Also on US Liberty LP: LOM-16002 and LOS-17002/ On CD : At the Movies (Hits From the Silver Screen) Horatio Nelson CD SIV-6111 |
Imperadio/ British Lion | Herbert Wilcox | [Song 'The Moment
I Saw You' - Manning Sherwin(m)
Eric Maschwitz (l)]
Music score: Robert Farnon
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Trottie True (US: Gay Lady) Technicolor Featured on CD Benjamin Frankel - Music for the Movies from Amazon.com |
1948 | Jean Kent
Lana Morris Daphne Anderson, Ian Carmichael, Christopher Lee, Roger Moore, Anthony Steel |
Features the following songs: ''White
Wings'' (traditional, with words by Banks, arranged by Carroll Gibbons and Dennis Freeman) : "Never Mind" by Tom Goldburn and Harry Dent (m/l): "The Kid From Camden Town" (music by Carroll Gibbons, lyrics by Dennis Freeman). Also features the instrumental "Dreaming" composed by Archibald Joyce. |
Two Cities | Brian Desmond Hurst | Carroll Gibbons and others
Music Score by Benjamin Frankel CD: Benjamin Frankel - Music for the Movies Features premiere recording of suite from Trottie True. Available on CPO CD 3610861 CD also includes music from the British films The Importance Of Being Earnest, Curse Of The Werewolf, Night Of The Iguana, The Years Between, Footsteps In The Fog. Queensland Symphony Orchestra, cond. Werner Andreas Albert
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| The Winslow Boy | 1948 | Cyril Ritchard | Cyril Ritchard performs: Who Were You With Last Night? / Stanley Holloway : Just You Wait and See | Anatole de Grunwald Prods/London Films | Anthony Asquith | ||
| The Blue Lamp | 1949 | Jack Warner Dirk Bogarde Tessie O'Shea | Tessie O'Shea sings: There Isn't Enough to Go Round; I'm Looking for a Lad Once More | Ealing | Basil Dearden | ||
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The Dancing Years Technicolor Stage
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1949 |
Dennis Price, Gisèle Préville, Patricia Dainton Olive Gilbert |
78-HMV B-9966 features "I Can Give You the Starlight"*/ "Waltz of My Heart*" performed by Vanessa Lee (voice for Gisèle Préville) with orchestra conducted by Louis Levy. * NOW ON CD (March 2002 release): Naxos Nostalgia 8.120600 "Ivor Novello" Olive Gilbert sings: Wings of Sleep/ Giselle Preville also performs : My Life Belongs To You |
Associated British | Harold French |
Ivor Novello(m) Christopher Hassall(l)
MD: Robert Farnon |
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| Don't Ever Leave Me | 1949 | Petula Clark, Anthony Newley |
"Don't Ever Leave Me" and "It's Not For the Want of Trying" * * sung by Petula Clark on 78 Rank FM-74 (one sided test disc) |
Triton/GFD | Arthur Crabtree | Songs by Jack Fishman, Peter Hart | |
| Helter Skelter | 1949 | Carol Marsh, Terry-Thomas Shirl Conway | Shirl Conway sings: ''Without a Shadow of a Doubt" By Ord Hamilton | Gainsborough/ GFD | Ralph Thomas | Song By Ord Hamilton
Score: Francis Chagrin |
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| Maytime in Mayfair
Technicolor Available on NTSC VHS in USA (see link above) |
1949 | Anna Neagle Michael Wilding
Peter Graves
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78 Decca. Robert Farnon Orchestra:
'Melody Fair'(1949) On CD : At the Movies (Hits From the Silver Screen) Horatio
Nelson CD SIV-6111
'Early One Morning' on Decca EP: DFE-6320 (released 1956) and Decca LP: LK-R-4427 Also on US Liberty LP: LOM-16002 and LOS-17002 / On CD : At the Movies (Hits From the Silver Screen) Horatio Nelson CD SIV-6111 Allan Jones sings 'Do I Love You?' with Frank Cordell and his orchestra on 78- HMV B -9780 (Not S/T) |
Imperadio/ British Lion | Herbert Wilcox
Dance/ Ballet arranged by Philip and Betty Buchel |
Music score:
Songs include:'Do I Love You?' by David Heneker (l) and Bruno Bidoli (m)
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| Murder at the Windmill
(US:Murder at the Burlesque) |
1949 | Diana Decker, John Pertwee, Robin Richmond, The Windmill Girls | Daniel Angel /Nat Cohen | Val Guest | |||
| Old Mother Riley's New Venture | 1949 | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Willer Neal | Willer Neal sings: I'll take You Home Again Kathleen | Harry Reynolds/ Renown | John Harlow | ||
| Paper Orchid | 1949 | Hy Hazell, Hughie Green, Vida Hope, Roger Moore, Ray Ellington Quartet | Features "Melody Fair" by Robert Farnon | Ganesh/ Columbia | Roy Baker |
Music by
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| Skimpy in the Navy | 1949 | Max Bygraves
Avril Angers |
Avril Angers: That Dusty Western Trail; Hibernian Lament | Advance/ Adelphi | Stafford Dickens | ||
| Somewhere In Politics | 1949 | Frank Randle Josef Locke Tessie O'Shea
Sally Barnes |
Tessie O'Shea performs: Spade and Bucket Josef Locke sings: Violetta*; Oft in the Stilly Night; Macushla* HMV 78*- EMI CD (MFP) 7243-8-53438-2-7 |
Mancunian | John E. Blakeley | ||
| What a Carry On! | 1949 | Jimmy Jewel Ben Warriss Josef Locke Kitty Bluett | Josef Locke sings:
Ave Maria*;Abide with
me; Goodbye* *78-HMV
EMI CD (MFP) 7243-8-53438-2-7 Josef Locke Discography |
Mancunian | John E. Blakeley |
