THE 1940s Part Two:

Please note that this page does not list every British film of the 1940's 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!

TITLE	YEAR	STARS	SOUNDTRACK	PRODUCTION COMPANY	DIRECTOR	SONGS BY
Bees in Paradise	1944	Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Peter Graves	Arthur Askey:I'm a wolf on my mother's side/Anne Shelton:Don't Ever leave me; Keep a sunbeam in your pocket	Gainsborough /GFD	Val Guest
Candles at Nine	1944	Jessie Matthews Beatrix Lehmann		British National	John Harlow
Champagne Charlie Review	1944	Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Kay Kendall, Jean Kent, Hazel Court Kay Kendall photo	78-Columbia FB-3050, FB-3051 Stanley Holloway sings: Strolling in the Park; I Do Like a Little Drop of Gin; Rum,Rum,Rum; A Glass of Sherry Wine; Hunting After Dark/ Tommy Trinder: Champagne Charlie; The Old Folks at Home; Hit him on the Boko; Half of Half and Half; Ale old ale; Bergundy, Claret and Port; I'm One of the Brandy and Seltzer Boys; Everything will be lovely; The man on the flying trapeze/ Betty Warren:Come on Algernon; Not in front of baby; Hunting after dark	Ealing	Alberto Cavalcanti	Lord Berners, TEB Clarke
Demobbed	1944	Nat Jackley, Norman Evans Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders	Webster Booth performs: So Deep is the Night, Love's Old Sweet Song, I Hear You Calling Me, Until/ Anne Ziegler:So deep is the night;Love's old sweet song; Until; I hear you calling me/ Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders perform : Won't You Take Me Back To Hawaii;I'll Wait For You CD : Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders Dreams of Hawaii -Jasmine JAS MCD 2557	Mancunian	John E. Blakeley	Various
Dreaming	1944	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen	78 Decca F-8502 Flanagan and Allen: Dreaming; Sing a Song of Tomorrow Today; Home Town; Flying through the rain; Underneath the Arches	Ealing	John Baxter
Fiddlers Three	1944	Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Diana Decker, Frances Day, Elizabeth Welch Kay Kendall Kay Kendall photo	Frances Day : You Can't Live Without Love; Ceaser's Wife/ Elizabeth Welch: Drums in my heart/Sonnie Hale: Sweet Fanny Adams/Tommy Trinder: Sweet Fanny Adams; There's no place like Rome; You Never Can Tell; Ay,Ay,Ay,Ay	Ealing	Harry Watt	Spike Hughes
Give Me the Stars	1944	Leni Lynn, Will Fyffe	Leni Lynn sings: Throughout the Years	British National	Maclean Rogers
Heaven is Round the Corner	1944	Leni Lynn, Will Fyffe	Leni Lynn sings: Heaven is Round the Corner	British National	Maclean Rogers	Desmond O'Connor and Kennedy Russell (m/l)
He Snoops to Conquer	1944	George Formby	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3745, MR-3746	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	Cunningham/ Formby/ Gifford/ Cliffe/ Latta/ Towers
My Ain Folk	1944	Moira Lister, Nicolette Roeg Lorna Martin, Walter Midgeley, Lowry and Richardson	Lorna Martin sings: My Ain Folk; Mountain Lovers; Will Ye No Come Back Again Walter Midgeley sings: My Ain Folk; Annie Laurie; Comin Throu' the Rye; Mary; The Road to the Isles; Loch Lomond	Butchers	Germain Burger
One Exciting Night (US:You Can't Do Without Love)	1944	Vera Lynn, Mary Clare	Decca 78: 'There's a New World Over the Skyline' on CD 'Vera Lynn: The Ultimate Collection' Pulse CD554 (2 CD set) Vera Lynn also sings: It's Like Old Times;One Love; My Prayer	Columbia British	Walter Forde Producers: Ben Henry, Culley Forde	'There's a New World Over the Skyline' by David Heneker, John Taylor and Walter Ridley
Time Flies	1944	Tommy Handley, Evelyn Dall Stephane Grappelly	Evelyn Dall sings : I'm On A Cloud That's Silver Lined , Hey Mr. Bellman	Gainsborough/ GFD	Walter Forde	Musical Director: Louis Levy
Flight From Folly	1945	Pat Kirkwood Hugh Sinclair, Tamara Desni, Edmundo Ros and His Rhumba Band	Pat Kirkwood performs: The Majorca	Warner Bros	Herbert Mason
Here Comes the Sun	1945	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen	78 Decca F-8595 Flanagan and Allen: Here Comes the Sun; Tomorrow is a Beautiful Day; Linger Awhile; There's a Part of America; You Never Miss Your Mother	John Baxter/GFD	John Baxter
I Didn't Do It	1945	George Formby Boswell Twins	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3760, MR-3761	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	Formby/Cliffe/ Cunningham/ Towers
I Live in Grosvenor Square (US: A Yank in London)	1945	Anna Neagle Irene Vanbrugh, Irene Manning, Carroll Gibbons and His Orchestra, Sergeant Viccart and his GI Band, Canadian Band of the AEF conducted by Captain Robert Farnon	Irene Manning sings: 'Home'	Associated British	Herbert Wilcox	Peter van Steeden, Harry and Jeff Clarkson
I'll Be Your Sweetheart	1945	Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver Wendy Toye, Irving Davies (dancers)	Songs include: I'll Be Your Sweetheart; You are the Honeysuckle, I am the Rose	Gainsborough	Val Guest	Songs by:
Waltz Time	1945	Richard Tauber, Peter Graves, Patricia Medina Kay Kendall Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth Kay Kendall photo	78 Parlophone RO-20539 Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler perform: You Will Return To Vienna/ Kurt Wegener:Little white horse/ Carol Raye sings:The Heavenly Waltz; This Land of Mine; Only To You; Call to Arms/ Richard Tauber: Break of Day	British National	Paul L. Stein	Hans May
Dancing Thru' (Short)	1946	Lou Preager Band	Lou Preager Band perform: The Lambeth Walk; Palais Glide; Jive
Gaiety George US: Showtime (Released 1948) Review	1946	Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves, Hazel Court Leni Lynn, Phyllis Robins, Jack Train, Roger Moore	Leni Lynn sings: Awake Awake;One Love Phyllis Robins sings: The Pretty Little Girl From Nowhere Patrick Waddington: Maytime is made for love;One Love	Embassy/ Warner Bros.	George King Musical staging by Freddie Carpenter. Musical Direction by Jack Beaver	Music and Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and George Posford
George in Civvy Street	1946	George Formby Johnny Claes and the Clae Pidgeons, Daphne Elphinstone	78-Columbia FB-3251, FB-3262	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	Formby/Cliffe /Cunningham/ Towers
I'll Turn To You	1946	Harry Welchman, Evelyn Laye, John McHugh, Albert Sadler and the Palm Court Orchestra, Sandy MacPherson	John McHugh sings: I'll Turn To You; Liebestraum/ Sylvia Welling:I'll Turn To You;The little damozel	Butchers	Geoffrey Faithfull
The Laughing Lady Technicolor Stage	1946	Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth Peter Graves, Chili Bouchier	Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth sing: Laugh at Life ; Love is the Key	British National/ Anglo American	Paul L. Stein Choreography by Eileen Baker	Hans May (m)
Lisbon Story Stage	1946	Richard Tauber, Patricia Burke, Noelle Gordon, Stephane Grappelly	78 Columbia DB-2118 78 Parlophone RO-20545, RO-20546, RO-20523 *Patricia Burke sings: Some Day We Shall Meet Again, Paris in my Heart, Follow the Dream, Song of the Sunrise* *Richard Tauber:Pedro the Fisherman;French Folk Song Available on CD**	British National	Paul L. Stein	Harry Parr-Davies (m) Harold Purcell(l)
London Town (US: My Heart Goes Crazy) (Released in US in 1953) Technicolor VHS (USA 95 mins)	1946	Sid Field Kay Kendall Tessie O'Shea Petula Clark Beryl Davis, 'Scotty' McHarg Jack Parnell # In complete version : Pamela Carroll and on soundtrack: Marion Saunders/Ann Sullivan Greta Gynt Kay Kendall photo	78 Decca F-8672, F-8673, F-8674, F-8675, F-8676 Above album released on CD! Also other 78 rpm Recordings by Jack Parnell, Tessie O'Shea, Paul Carpenter, Ted Heath Orchestra (78s Decca), Peter Yorke and his Concert Orchestra (78:Columbia DB-2268) and Bing Crosby (78: Brunswick) (not S/T) On Hubert Gregg 'London' CD Full version includes:If Spring were only here to stay # ;You ought to see me on Saturday Night (Sid Field, Claude Hulbert) Films of Petula Clark feature on film (with excellent stills)	Wesley Ruggles/ Rank (Eagle Lion) Note: complete UK premiere version is 125 minutes (other versions exist: 95 mins (UK release); 75 mins (US 1953 release) Musical Direction by Salvador (Tutti) Camerata 'ampstead dance by Freddie Carpenter [Complete 125 min version also features the "Daffodil Hill Ballet" choreographed by Agnes De Mille]	Wesley Ruggles	Jimmy Burke (l), James Van Heusen (m)
Piccadilly Incident	1946	Anna Neagle Michael Wilding	'How Could I Know' (by Adrian Foley, Phil Park), Songs also featured: ''As Time Goes By', 'Jealousy'. Edmund Hockridge sings:When You Wish Upon a Star Also features 'Piccadilly 1944' (instrumental by Vivian Ellis ) and 'Boogie Woogie Moonshine' ballet music	Associated British	Herbert Wilcox Choreography:Wendy Toye	Score: Robert Farnon Vivian Ellis
Spring Song (US: Springtime)	1946	Peter Graves, Carol Raye, Leni Lynn	Leni Lynn sings: I Love the Moon; A Little Grey Home in the West/Carol Raye sings:Spring Song;Love Again;I Can't Make Up My Mind; Just For You;Jitterbug Song; All Pull Together	British National	Montgomery Tully	Hans May, Alan Shanks (m/l)
Under New Management	1946	Nicolette Roeg Norman Evans Nat Jackley	Nicolette Roeg sings: A Little Sprig of Shamrock	Mancunian	John E. Blakeley
Walking on Air	1946	Ray Ellington Quartet, Johnny Worthy, Bertie Jarrett, Coleridge Goode, Lauderic Caton's Rhythm Swingtette, Freddie Crump	Johnny Worthy and Bertie Jarrett:Walking on Air;Harlem Jamboree;I don't know how to swing;St Louis Blues;Carolina;Honeysuckle Rose;Solitude;Ain't she Sweet;Basin Street Blues; Frankie and Johnny	Michael Goodman /Piccadilly	Aveling Ginever
Wanted for Murder	1946		Elizabeth Webb:A voice in the Night	Excelsior	Lawrence Huntington

The list below includes selected MUSICAL MOVIES MADE IN THE USA, BUT WITH A BRITISH CONNECTION (the Film may be set in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland -OR- It features British performers -OR- The technical crew is British (Director of photography etc). If the studio used for a film's production is in the UK, it is generally classed as a "British" movie. British stars in US produced movies are shown in BLUE