Movieland Magic (1946)
Released as part of a series of WB shorts under the collective title of "Technicolor Specials" (WB production number 2003) this short most likely holds the WB house record for a 20-minute film containing footage from the most different titles in their inventory. It's theme of a singing guided tour of the lot (and some of the footage) is from 1944's "Musical Movieland", the former title holder, and it contains clips from 1939's "Quiet, Please" and "Royal Rodeo"; "Sunday Roundup" from 1936 and 1940's "The Singing Dude." Pieces from "Out Where the Stars Begin" and "Swingtime in the Movies" may also be used, but it's hard to tell since they all tend to run together and show up in a lot of places during the 1940's Warner shorts. Its title of "Movieland Magic" is most apt considering the sleight-of-hand performed by the WB Shorts and Sales departments in once again selling the same film clips for the 3rd, 4th or more times.
The movie Movieland Magic, released in 1946, features 14 songs from artists like Kathryn Kane, Kathryn Kane , Larry Williams and chorus, Kathryn Kane and chorus and Jeffrey Lynn. What is your favorite song from Movieland Magic?
Songs from Movieland Magic
- Yankee Doodle
- Hooray for Hollywood
- Oh! Susanna
- Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
- (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land
- So You Want to Be in Movies
- Kathryn Kane
- Springtime in Vienna
- Kathryn Kane , Larry Williams and chorus
- Jitterbug Jamboree
- Kathryn Kane and chorus
- You're Lovely as You Are
- Jeffrey Lynn
- Two Hearts in the Moonlight
- Evelyn Thawl (ballet number), unidentified male vocalist, and chorus
- Cielito Lindo
- a dance troupe and sung by a chorus
- The Soubrette on the Police Gazette
- Jane Wyman
- We're Heading for the Rodeo
- Fuzzy Knight and chorus
- The Good Old American Way
- John Payne , Cliff Edwards and chorus