Songs from Movies

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)

The 1920s was a time of great change in Hollywood. This program tells the story of the advent of sound technology for movies and the emergence of talkies and musicals in Hollywood. While audiences cried out for more, the movie industry struggled to adapt to the strange new technology. The result was an explosion of movie musicals by the end of the decade.

The movie Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical, released in 2008, features 65 songs from artists like Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Helen Kane and Marlene Dietrich. What is your favorite song from Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical?

 

Songs from Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Oh, Gee, Georgie!
Eddie Cantor
When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
Al Jolson
Old Folks at Home
WHAT WOULDN'T I DO FOR THAT MAN?
You Were Meant for Me
Everyone Says I Love You
Just One of Those Things
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Helen Kane
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fu? auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich
DIXIANA
Life Is A Card Game
Mr. and Mrs. Sippi
Button Up Your Overcoat
Louise
My Honolulu Hula Girl
Bob Witt and Cy Berg
Charmaine
Ian Whitcomb on ukulele and vocal
Affectionate Dan
Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle
The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em
Eddie Cantor
Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You?
Rose Marie
Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
Unidentified Tune
Ben Bernie and All the Lads
Mammy, I'll Sing About You
Al Jolson
I Love to Sing-a
Al Jolson
Vive La France
Al Jolson
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)
Al Jolson
Sonny Boy
Al Jolson
Unidentified Song
Fanny Brice
My Man
Fanny Brice
Some of These Days
Sophie Tucker
You're Always in My Arms
the chorus
It Happened in Monterey
Song of the Dawn
John Boles
Who?
Marilyn Miller
Unidentified Tune
My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night
Chico Marx , Groucho Marx and Zeppo Marx
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
Groucho Marx and chorus
Broadway
chorus girls
Unidentified Tune
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
Jericho
Morton Downey and the Melody Boys
A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night
Rudy Vallee
I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You
Rudy Vallee and The Connecticut Yankees
The Boy Friend
Bessie Love and Anita Page
A Man of My Own
Bessie Love
Unidentified Tune
the chorus
Unidentified Song
Marjorie Kane and chorus
Every Now and Then
Marjorie Kane and Donald Douglas
Hang Onto a Rainbow
Ladies of the Dance
Cuddlesome Baby
Nancy Carroll
Singin' in the Rain
various singers
Am I Blue?
Ethel Waters
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
Ethel Waters
Come to Me
Gloria Swanson
If You Haven't Got Love
Gloria Swanson
You're the Cream in My Coffee
Marlene Dietrich during screen test
My Love Parade
Love Me Tonight
Swanee Shuffle
Nina Mae McKinney
Unidentified Tune
Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey and Dorothy Lee
Whistling the Blues Away
Dorothy Lee
That New Step
Marjorie Kane
Unidentified Song
Helen Kane
When the Folks High Up Do the Mean Low-Down
Makin' Whoopee
Eddie Cantor
Forty-Second Street
the chorus