Description

Classic British Film Themes & Songs

2-CD Set

59 Tracks on 2 CDs  from 1940s Great Britain

This 2CD set will transport you to a cinema somewhere in 1940s Great Britain during wartime. You will hear the Wurlitzer organ, followed by newsreels, orchestral music and popular songs from classic films such as Champagne Charlie, King Arthur Was A Gentleman, Irene and many more, performed by artists including Dame Vera Lynn, Deanna Durbin, Tommy Trinder, Flanagan & Allen, Arthur Askey and more. Many of the tracks appear on CD for the first time. The National Anthem plays at the end, to tell you it’s over and time to go home.

Disc 1: Leon Berry Cinema Fanfare / Al Bollington Bolero / Gaumont British Symphony Orchestra Pathé News Fanfare (Music from The Movies) / Deanna Durbin Newsreel / Gaumont British Symphony Orchestra Gainsborough Pictures Fanfare / Pat Kirkwood The Only One Who’s Difficult Is You / Heaven Will Be Heavenly / The Kings Men Irene / Martha Tilton Alice Blue Gown / The Three Debutantes Castle of Dreams / Stuart Robertson Out On a Limb / Anna Neagle Alice Blue Gown / Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen Yesterday’s Dreams / Tommy Trinder, The Three Ginx All Over the Place / Tommy Trinder  Sing a Happy-Go-Lucky Song / Louis Kentner The Warsaw Concerto / London Symphony Orchestra 49th Parallel Prelude / Evelyn Dall You’ll Love the Army / Anne Shelton Why Can’t It Happen To Me / Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall Got a Bee in My Bonnet / Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra The Night  Has Eyes / Vera Lynn Be Like the Kettle and Sing / After the Rain / I’m Yours Sincerely / All the World Sings a Lullaby /  We’ll Meet Again / Commercials: The Romance Of The Odeon (Commercial for the cinema chain) / Coming Attractions Fanfare (Commercial for forthcoming releases) / Herbert Stothart The Wizard of Oz / Terence Casey Ragamuffin Romeo

Disc 2: Commercial: J. Arthur Rank Organisation Fanfare / The Hallé Orchestra Spitfire Prelude / Lawrence Turner Spitfire Fugue / Allan Gray And Orchestra The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Prelude / The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra Commando Patrol / Anne Shelton 8:50 Choo Choo / Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall, Jack Train A Fine How-Do-You-Do / Anne Shelton A Fine How-Do-You-Do (Studio Version) / You Too Can Have A Lovely Romance / Vera Lynn I Love To Sing / With All My Heart / It Doesn’t Cost A Dime / Tommy Trinder Champagne Charlie / Medley: Everything Will Be Lovely/The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Betty Warren Come On Algernon / Tommy Trinder Arf Of ‘Arf and ‘Arf / Monte Rey Rosanna / Anne Shelton Keep a Sunbeam in Your Pocket / Don’t Ever Leave Me / Don’t Ever Leave Me (Studio Version) / Philip Green and his Orchestra Medley: There’s a  New World Over the Skyline / You Can’t Do Without Love / It’s So Easy to Say Good Morning / My Prayer / One Love / It’s Like Old Times / Vera Lynn It’s Like Old Times /  It’s So Easy to Say Good Morning / One Love / You Can’t Do Without Love / My Prayer / There’s a New World Over the Skyline / Joseph Seal National Anthem / A.B.C. Parade: Play Out Music