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