The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Category: Songs

  • Good News (1930)

    The Numbers

    FootballArthur Freed, Nacio Herb BrownChorus
    I Feel PessimisticJ Russel Robinson, George WaggnerCliff Edwards
    If You’re Not Kissing MeArthur Freed, Nacio Herb BrownStanley Smith, Mary Lawlor
    The Varsity DragRay Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew BrownPenny Singleton and chorus
    Gee, But I’d Like to Make You HappyLarry Shay, George Warde, Reggie MontgomeryBessie Love, Gus Shy
    Tait SongRay Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew BrownChorus
    The Best Things in Life are FreeRay Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew BrownStanley Smith
    Good NewsRay Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew BrownPenny Singleton and chorus, Al Norman

  • Call of the Flesh

    The Numbers

    Just for TodayHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyRamon Novarro
    DanceUnknownRamon Novarro, Renée Adorée
    Not Quite Good Enough For MeHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyRamon Novarro
    Cavatina from L’Elisir d’AmoreDonizetti, RomaniRamon Novarro, Ernest Torrence, Mathilde Comont
    Questa o quella from RigolettoVerdi, PiaveRamon Novarro
    LonelyHerbert Stothart, Ramon Novarro, Clifford GreyRamon Novarro
    Ah! fuyez, douce image from ManonMassenet, Meilhac, GilleRamon Novarro

  • The Florodora Girl

    The Numbers

    Don’t Wake Me Up, I’m Dreaming (?)*UnknownMale quartet
    My Mother Was a LadyEdward B Stark, Joseph W SternUnidentified singer
    Pass the Beer and PretzelsHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyMarion Davies and chorus
    In the Good Old SummertimeGeorge Evans, Ren ShieldsMarion Davies and chorus
    A Hot Time in the Old TownTheodore A Metz, Joe HaydenMarion Davies and chorus
    Little Annie RooneyMichael NolanMarion Davies and chorus
    Swing Me Higher, Obadiah Maurice Scott, Alfred E RickMarion Davies and chorus
    On the Banks of the Wabash, Far AwayPaul DresserMarion Davies and chorus
    My Kind of GirlHerbert Stothart, Clifford Grey, Andy RiceLawrence Gray
    Tell Me Pretty MaidenLeslie StuartMarion Davies and chorus

    * The opening of this song is very similar to ‘Don’t Wake Me Up, I’m Dreaming’ (1910) by Herbert Ingraham and Beth Slater Whitson, but the lyrics are different and more relevant to the film. It may be that the filmmakers took the Edwardian original and tweaked it. If so, the lyrics are probably by Clifford Grey.

  • In Gay Madrid

    Numbers

    Let Me Give You Love (?)*Fred E Ahlert, Roy Turk (?)Lottice Howell
    SantiagoHerbert Stothart, Xavier Cugat, Clifford GreyRamon Novarro and chorus
    Smile While We MayFred E Ahlert, Roy TurkRamon Novarro and chorus
    Into My HeartFred E Ahlert, Roy TurkRamon Novarro
    Dark NightHerbert Stothart, Xavier Cugat, Clifford GreyRamon Novarro

    * Edwin M Bradley names the film’s opening song as ‘Let Me Give You Love,’ though nothing in the lyrics suggest this as the title. Bradley would seem to have taken the name from contemporary press reports.

  • The Rogue Song

    Numbers

    Beyond the DawnHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett and chorus
    The Rogue SongHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    Love Comes Like a Bird on the WingHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    The NarrativeHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    The White DoveFranz Lehar, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    Swan BalletDimitri TiomkinAlbertina Rasch Dancers
    Once in the Georgian HillsHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    When I’m Looking at YouHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett
    The LashHerbert Stothart, Clifford GreyLawrence Tibbett

  • Children of Pleasure

    Songs

    DustFred Fisher, Andy RiceLawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson
    Girl TroubleFred FisherLawrence Gray; Benny Rubin, Wynne Gibson
    The Better Things in LifeFred FisherLawrence Gray
    Leave It That WayFred Fisher, Andy RiceLawrence Gray
    The Whole Darn Thing’s for YouFred E Ahlert, Roy TurkLawrence Gray, The Biltmore Trio

  • Free and Easy

    Songs

    It Must Be YouRoy Turk, Fred E AhlertRobert Montgomery, Lottice Howell; Buster Keaton
    Oh King, Oh QueenUnknownBuster Keaton, Trixie Friganza
    The Free and EasyRoy Turk, Fred E AhlertBuster Keaton, Doris McMahon

  • Lord Byron of Broadway

    The Japanese SandmanRichard A Whiting
    Ray Egan    		Cliff Edwards
    A Bundle of Old Love LettersArthur Freed
    Nacio Herb Brown    		Charles Kaley; Cliff Edwards , Charles Kaley
    Blue Daughter of HeavenDimitri Tionkin
    Ray Egan    		James Burroughs, Albertina Rasch Dancers
    Should I?Arthur Freed
    Nacio Herb Brown    		Charles Kaley; Ethelind Terry
    The Woman in the ShoeArthur Freed
    Nacio Herb Brown    		Ethelind Terry
    Only Love is RealArthur Freed,
    Nacio Herb Brown    		Marion Shilling, Cliff Edwards; Ethelind Terry
    You’re the Bride and I’m the GroomArthur Freed,
    Nacio Herb Brown    		Charles Kaley

  • They Learned About Women

    He’s That Kind of PalMilton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck
    A Man of My OwnMilton Ager, Jack YellenBessie Love
    Does My Baby Love?Milton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck
    There Will Never Be Another MaryMilton Ager, Jack YellenJoe Schenck
    Ten Sweet MamasMilton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck
    Dougherty is the NameMilton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck
    I’m an Old-Fashioned GuyMilton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck
    Harlem MadnessMilton Ager, Jack YellenGus Van, Joe Schenck; Nina Mae McKinney; Cliff Edwards

  • It’s a Great Life

    Songs

    Smile, Smile, SmileDave Dreyer
    Ballard MacDonald    		Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan and chorus
    What the Debutante Must DoDave Dreyer?
    Ballard MacDonald?    		Uncredited singer
    I’m a Son of a —-Dave Dreyer
    Ballard MacDonald    		George Davis?
    Won’t You Be My Lady LoveDave Dreyer?
    Ballard MacDonald    		Lawrence Gray and Vivian Duncan
    I’m Following YouDave Dreyer
    Ballard MacDonald    		Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan; Lawrence Gray and Vivian Duncan
    It’s an Old Spanish CustomJohn ElliottRosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan
    Tell Me, Dirty MaidenLeslie Stuart
    (Unknown lyricist)    		Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan
    Let a Smile be Your UmbrellaIrving Kahal
    Francis Wheeler    		Rosetta Duncan
    Ach, du lieber AugustinMarx AugustinRosetta Duncan
    Hoosier HopDave Dreyer
    Ballard MacDonald    		Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan
    I’m Sailing on a SunbeamDave Dreyer
    Ballard MacDonald    		Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan

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