Films featuring American Jazz or Dance Bands 1927-1947
this page first published by John Wright, 26 Oct 1997
last update 22 Oct 2007
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As well as on records, jazz and dance band music was recorded for films during the 78 rpm era.
This page continues the list of American films known to feature bands, seen and heard, some not identified. Note: Bands may also appear in films listed in the Entertainers and Popular Song film lists.
If you can add to this list, can fill in any of the gaps or if you know of websites or books
dealing with old movies that might have useful information
then please e-mail me.
Recent updates to listing:
Updates from 'Black Beauty, White Heat' by Frank Driggs, Harris Lewine (1982)
| Updates from 'Jazz In The Movies' by David Meeker (1972)
| TV means has been shown on television
| V is also available on video
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You may find videos of some of the films on the net at Amazon.com, Blackstar or Turner. In the list below those with Order Today! can indeed be ordered via their link. For the other films you can use the search link at the foot of this page.
| FILM | DATE | FEATURING |
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| Half Marriage | 1929 | Gus Arnheim Orch ..... |
| Hallelujah | 1929 | Nina Mae McKinney Victoria Spivey Daniel L. Haynes, Dixie Jubilee Singers SONGS Swanee Shuffle, Waiting At The End Of The Road, several negro spirituals |
| Happy Days | 1930 | George Olsen Orch, Whispering Jack Smith, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Dixie Lee SONGS Mona, Snake Hips, Crazy Feet, I'm On A Diet Of Love, Minstrel Memories, We'll Build A Little World Of Our Own, A Toast To The Girl I Love, Dream On A Piece Of Wedding Cake, Vic And Eddie |
| Harlem After Midnight | 1934 | Leon Gross Band SONGS Dinah, Sweet Georgia Brown, I Got Rhythm |
| Harvest Melody | 1943 | Eddie Le Baron Orch SONGS You Could Have Knocked me Over wth A Feather, Put It In Reverse, Let's Drive Out To A Drive-In, Tenderly |
| Hat Check Honey | 1943 | Freddie Slack Orch, Harry Owens Orch, Ted Weems Orch SONGS Sligtly Sentimental, Nice To Know You, A Dream Ago, Rockin' With You, A Small Batch O'Nod, Loose Wig, Drumola, Rhythm Of The Islands, It Happened In Kahola |
| The Heat's On | 1943 | Xavier Cugat Orch, Hazel Scott, Mae West SONGS Just A Stranger In Town, Hello Mi Amigo, The White Keys And The Black Keys, There Goes That Guitar, Antonio, The Caissons Go Rolling Along, There Goes My Heart, Thinking About The Wabash |
| Hellzapoppin | 1941 | Rex Stewart (tr) Slim and Slam Martha Raye SONGS Watch The Birdie, What Kind Of Love Is This?, You Were There, Heaven For Two, Hellzapoppin, Putting On The Dog, Gongeroo, Conga Beso, Waiting For The Robert E. Lee |
| Her Majesty Love | 1931 | Orchestra ? Marilyn Miller, W C Fields SONGS You're baby-Minded Now, Because Of You, Don't Ever Be Blue, Though You're Not The First Wine |
| Here Come The Co-Eds | 1945 | Phil Spitalny All-Girl Orch, Abbott And Costello SONGS I Don't Care If I Never Dream Again, Hooray For Our Side, Jumping On Saturday Night, Someday We Will Remember, Let's Play House |
| Here Comes Elmer | 1943 | Jan Garber Orch, Nat 'King' Cole Trio SONGS Straighten Up And Fly Right, Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother, You're So Good To Me, Hitch Old Dobbin To The Shay Again, Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet |
| Here Comes The Band | 1935 | Ted Lewis Orch SONGS Heading Home, Roll Along Prairie Moon, Tender Is The Night, You're My Thrill, I'm Bound For Heaven, The Army Band |
| Hi-De-Ho | 1947 | Cab Calloway Orch.... |
| Hi Good Lookin' | 1944 | Ozzie Nelson Orch, Jack Teagarden Orch Harriet Hilliard, Delta Rhythm Boys SONGS You're Just The Sweetest Thing, Deacon Jones, Aunt Hagar's Blues, Just A Stowaway On A Ship Of Dreams, A Slight Case Of Love, By Mistake, I Won't Forget The Dawn, Paper Doll |
| High School Hero | 1946 | Freddie Slack Orch, Jan Savitt Orch SONGS You're For Me, Come To My Arms, Whitney High, Night Time And You, You're Just What I Crave, Fairview High, Southpaw Serenade |
| Hit Parade (GB: I'll Reach For A Star) | 1937 | Duke Ellington Orch, Eddy Duchin Orch, Carl Hoff Orch Frances Langford Phil Regan SONGS I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter, Sweet Heartache, Hail Alma Mater, Last Night I Dreamed Of You, You'd Like It, I'll Reach For A Star, The Lady Wants To Dance, Was It Rain?, Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You |
| Hit Parade 1941 | 1941 | Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Six Hits And A Miss, Borra Minnevitch Harmonica Rascals SONGS Who Am I?, Swing Low Sweet Rhythm, In The Cool Of The Evening, Make Yourself At Home, Dinah, Margie, Mary Lou |
| Hit Parade 1943 | 1943 | Count Basie Orch, Ray McKinley Orch, Freddy Martin Orch SONGS Take A Chance, A Change Of Heart, Who Took Me Home Last Night?, Tam Boom Bah, That's How To Write A Song, Harlem Sandman, Do These Old Eyes Deceive Me?, Yankee Doodle Tank, Nobody's Sweetheart |
| Hit Parade 1947 | 1947 | Woody Herman Orch SONGS Couldn't Be More In Love, The Customer Is Always Wrong, I Threw A Kiss To A Star, The Cats Are Going To The Dogs, Is There Anyone Here From Texas?, I Guess I'll Have That Dream Right Now, Chiquita From Santa Anita, Brooklyn Buckarros, Out California Way |
| Hit The Ice | 1943 | Johnny Long Orch, Ginny Simms, Abbott And Costello SONGS I'm Like A Fish Out Of Water, Happiness Bound, I'd Like To Set You To Music, Slap Polka |
| Hold That Ghost (or Oh Charlie) | 1941 | Andrews Sisters, Ted Lewis, Abbott and Costello SONGS Sleepy Serenade, Aurora, When My Baby Smiles At Me, Me And My Shadow |
| Holiday Inn You can order a video of Holiday Inn Today! (NTSC format) | 1942 | Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Bob Crosby's Bobcats SONGS White Christmas, I'll Capture Your Heart Singing, Lazy, You're Easy To Dance With, Happy Holiday, Holiday Inn, Let's Start The New Year Right, Be Careful It's My Heart, I Can't Tell A Lie, Easter Parade, Song Of Freedom, Plenty To Be Thankful For, Let's Say It With FirecrackersTV, V |
| Hollywood Canteen | 1944 | Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Carmen Cavallaro Orch, Andrews Sisters Joe E Brown, Eddie Cantor, Sons Of The Pioneers with Bob Nolan SONGS Don't Fence Me In, You Can Always Tell A Yank<, What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?, We're Having A Baby(My Baby And Me), Sweet Dreams SweetHeart, Hollywood Canteen, I'm Getting Corns For My Country, Once To Every Heart, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, King Porter Stomp, The General Jumped At Dawn, Ballet In Jive, Voodoo Moon |
| Hollywood Hotel | 1938 | Benny Goodman Orch, Benny Goodman Quartet, Raymond Paige Orch Dick Powell Rosemary Lane SONGS Hooray For Hollywood, I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas, Blue Moon, Sing Sing Sing, Dark Eyes, Sing You Son Of A Gun, I'm Like A Fish Out Of Water, I've Got A Heartful Of Music, I've Hitched My Wagon To A Star, California Here I Come, Silouetted In The Moonlight, Let That Be A Lesson To You, Can't Teach My My Old Heart New Tricks |
| Hollywood Party | 1934 | Ted Healy Orch Laurel And Hardy, Jimmy Durante SONGS I've Had My Moments, Feelin' High, Hollywood Party, Hello, Reincarnation, Hot Chocolate Soldiers |
| Honeymoon Lodge | 1943 | Ozzie Nelson Orch Harriet Hilliard, Ray Eberle, Bobby Brooke SONGS |
| Hooray For Love | 1935 | Fats Waller Bill Robinson, Ann Sothern, Jeni LeGon SONGS Hooray For Love, I'm In Love All Over Again, I'm Living In A Great Big Way(FW,BR,JLG), You're An Angel, Got A Snap In My Fingers, Palsie Walsie |
| Howdy Broadway | . | . Songs ? |
| I Ain't Gonna Open That Door | 1947 | Earl Bostic's Band SONGS .......... |
| Iceland | 1942 | Sammy Kaye Orch Sonja Henie, Jack Oakie, John Payne SONGS There Will Never Be Another You, It's A Lovers' Knot, Let's Bring New Glory To Old Glory, I Like A Military Tune |
| Idea Girl | 1946 | Charlie Barnet Orch Julie Bishop SONGS I Don't Care If I Never Dream Again, I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind |
| I Dood It(GB: By Hook Or By Crook) | 1943 | Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly, Lena Horne, Hazel Scott, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell SONGS Star Eyes, One O'Clock Jump, Taking A Chance On Love, Jericho, Hola E Pae, So Long Sarah Jane, Swinging The Jinx AwayTV |
| If I'm Lucky | 1946 | Harry James and His Music Makers Perry Como; Vivian Blaine, Carmen Miranda SONGS If I'm Lucky, One More Kiss, Publicity, Bet Your Bottom Dollar, Follow The Band, That American Look |
| I Love A Bandleader or Memory For Two) | 1945 | Phil Harris Orch Leslie Brooks SONGS Good, Good, Good |
| International House Order the video of International House Today! (NTSC format) | 1933 | Cab Calloway Orch, Rudy Vallee Baby Rose Marie, W C Fields SONGS Reefer Man, Thank Heaven For You, My Bluebird's Singing The Blues, She was A China Tea Cup and He was Just A Mug V |
| Is Everybody Happy? | 1929 |  Ted Lewis Orch Alice Day Ann Pennington SONGS I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues, Wouldn't It Be Wonderful, Samoa, New Orleans, Is Everybody Happy Now?, In The Land Of Jazz, Start Up The Band, St Louis Blues, Tiger Rag |
| Is Everybody Happy? | 1943 | Ted Lewis Orch Larry Parks Michael Duanne SONGS It Had To Be You, More Than Anyone Else In The World, This Old High Hat Of Mine, Cuddle Up A Little Closer, I'm Just Wild About Harry, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, St Louis Blues, Pretty Baby, Am I Blue? |
| Jammin' The Blues | 1944 | Lester Young, Harry Edison Illinois Jacquet, Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Sidney Catlett Marie Bryant SONGS On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
| Jam Session | 1944 | Charlie Barnet Orch, (real band does not appear) Louis Armstrong, Teddy Powell Orch, Glen Gray Orch, Jan Garber Orch, The Pied Pipers, Nan Wynn, Ann Miller SONGS Cherokee, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, St Louis Blues, Murder He Says, Teddy Bear Boogie, Jive Bomber, C-Jam Blues, No Name Jive, I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City, It Started All Over Again, Brazil, Victory Polka> |
| Jivin' In Be Bop | 1947 | Dizzy Gillespie Helen Humes SONGS Salt Peanuts. Shaw 'Nuff, Oop Bop Sh'Bam, Dizzy Atmosphere, One Bass Hit, Things To Come |
| Juke Box Jenny | 1942 | Charlie Barnet Orch, Wingy Manone Orch, Milt Herth Trio King's Men, Harriet Hilliard SONGS Swing It Mother Goose, Give Out, Macumba, Fifty Million Nickels, Sweet Genevieve, Then You'll Remember Me |
| Junction 88 | 1947 | Noble Sissle Orch.... |
| Junior Prom | 1946 | Abe Lyman Orch, Eddie Heywood Orch SONGS Keep The Beat, Ten Canteen, (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings, Trimball For President, Loch Lomond, It's Me Oh Lawd |
| Kansas City Kitty | 1944 | Bob Crosby Jane Frazee, Williams Brothers SONGS Kansas City Kitty, Nothing Boogie from Nowhere, Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes, Tico Tico |
| King Of Burlesque | 1936 | Fats Waller Alice Faye, Jack Oakie SONGS I'm Shooting High, Too Good To Be True, Whose Big Baby Are You?, I've Got My Fingers Crossed, Spreading Rhythm Around, Lovely Lady, I Love To Ride The Horses |
| King Of Jazz You can order a video of The King of Jazz Today! (NTSC format) | 1930 | Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby (Rhythm Boys), John Boles, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Jeannie Lang, Brox Sisters SONGS A Bench In The Park, Happy Feet, Rhapsody in Blue, So The Bluebirds And Blackbirds Got Together, It Happened In Monterey, Song Of The Dawn, Mississippi Mud, Music Hath Charms, When Day Is Done, Nola, Linger Awhile, Ragamuffin Romeo, The Melting Pot Of Jazz, Bridal VeilTV, V |
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