Category: Songs

The Florodora Girl

The Numbers

Don’t Wake Me Up, I’m Dreaming (?)*	Unknown	Male quartet
My Mother Was a Lady	Edward B Stark, Joseph W Stern	Unidentified singer
Pass the Beer and Pretzels	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Marion Davies and chorus
In the Good Old Summertime	George Evans, Ren Shields	Marion Davies and chorus
A Hot Time in the Old Town	Theodore A Metz, Joe Hayden	Marion Davies and chorus
Little Annie Rooney	Michael Nolan	Marion Davies and chorus
Swing Me Higher, Obadiah	Maurice Scott, Alfred E Rick	Marion Davies and chorus
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away	Paul Dresser	Marion Davies and chorus
My Kind of Girl	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey, Andy Rice	Lawrence Gray
Tell Me Pretty Maiden	Leslie Stuart	Marion 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.

April 27, 2026

In Gay Madrid

Numbers

Let Me Give You Love (?)*	Fred E Ahlert, Roy Turk (?)	Lottice Howell
Santiago	Herbert Stothart, Xavier Cugat, Clifford Grey	Ramon Novarro and chorus
Smile While We May	Fred E Ahlert, Roy Turk	Ramon Novarro and chorus
Into My Heart	Fred E Ahlert, Roy Turk	Ramon Novarro
Dark Night	Herbert Stothart, Xavier Cugat, Clifford Grey	Ramon 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.

April 22, 2026

The Rogue Song

Numbers

Beyond the Dawn	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett and chorus
The Rogue Song	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
Love Comes Like a Bird on the Wing	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
The Narrative	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
The White Dove	Franz Lehar, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
Swan Ballet	Dimitri Tiomkin	Albertina Rasch Dancers
Once in the Georgian Hills	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
When I’m Looking at You	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
The Lash	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett

April 12, 2026

Without a Song	Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose	Lawrence Tibbett
Home Sweet Home	Henry Bishop, John Howard Payne	Lawrence Tibbett
Chitlins	Herbert Stothart, Howard Johnson, probably Jacques Wolfe	Unnamed supporting players
By the Riverside (?)	Unverified, but probably Herbert Stothart and Jacques Wolfe	Lawrence Tibbett
A Child is Born	Unverified, but probably Herbert Stothart and Jacques Wolfe	Lawrence Tibbet and chorus

Gypsy Chorus	Unknown (possibly Sigmund Romberg, arranged by Willam Axt)	Chorus and dancers
Farmer’s Daughter	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett; Grace Moore
Wanting You	Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II	Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore
Lover Come Back to Me	Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II	Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore
One Kiss	Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II	Grace Moore
What is your Price Madam?	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Lawrence Tibbett
Stout Hearted Men	Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II	Lawrence Tibbett and chorus

It Is Destiny	Oscar Straus, Clifford Grey	Grace Moore
Rataplan	Donizetti, Saint-Georges, Bayard	Grace Moore
Student’s Song	Oscar Straus, Clifford Grey	Chorus
Oh Why	Herbert Stothart, Harry M Woods, Arthur Freed	Grace Moore
Casta Diva	Bellini, Romani	Grace Moore
Swedish Pastoral	Herbert Stothart, Howard Johnson	Chorus
Lovely Hour	Carrie Jacobs Bond	Grace Moore

Live and Love Today	Jack King, Elsie Janis	Elsa Peterson, Kay Johnson; Reginald Denny
Low Down	Jack King, Elsie Janis	Lillian Roth, Jack King, Edward Prinz; Kay Johnson
The Cat Walk	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Chorus
Ballet Mécanique	Herbert Stothart	Dancers
What Am I Bid/Auction Number	Jack King, Elsie Janis	Rolan Young, Lillian Roth and chorus
Meet Madam	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Kay Johnson and chorus
All I Know is You’re in My Arms	Jack King, Elsie Janis	Reginald Denny, Kay Johnson
Where Do We Go From Here?	Howard Johnson, Percy Henrich	Abe Lyman Orchestra

I’m Doing That Thing (Falling in Love)	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Dorothy Jordan and the Biltmore Trio; Earl ‘Snakehips’ Tucker
I’m Learning a Lot from You	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Dorothy Jordan, Robert Montgomery, Penny Singleton, Benny Rubin
Go Home and Tell Your Mother	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan
One More Waltz	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	Donal Novis

Football	Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown	Chorus
I Feel Pessimistic	J Russel Robinson, George Waggner	Cliff Edwards
If You’re Not Kissing Me	Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown	Stanley Smith, Mary Lawlor
The Varsity Drag	Ray Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew Brown	Penny Singleton and chorus
Gee, But I’d Like to Make You Happy	Larry Shay, George Warde, Reggie Montgomery	Bessie Love, Gus Shy
Tait Song	Ray Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew Brown	Chorus
The Best Things in Life are Free	Ray Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew Brown	Stanley Smith
Good News	Ray Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva, Lew Brown	Penny Singleton and chorus, Al Norman

Just for Today	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Ramon Novarro
Dance	Unknown	Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée
Not Quite Good Enough For Me	Herbert Stothart, Clifford Grey	Ramon Novarro
Cavatina from L’Elisir d’Amore	Donizetti, Romani	Ramon Novarro, Ernest Torrence, Mathilde Comont
Questa o quella from Rigoletto	Verdi, Piave	Ramon Novarro
Lonely	Herbert Stothart, Ramon Novarro, Clifford Grey	Ramon Novarro
Ah! fuyez, douce image from Manon	Massenet, Meilhac, Gille	Ramon Novarro