Frances Langford won fame on radio (primarily as Bob Hope's vocalist, later sparring comically with Don Ameche as "The Bickersons"), via recordings and in the movies. In spite of the fact that she played mostly in minor musicals (plus appearing occasionally in "A" productions, including
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1951Purple Heart Diary
(performer: "Hold Me in Your Arms", "Hi, Fellow Tourists", "Where are you from ?", "Bread and Butter Woman", "Tattle-Tale Eyes")
1949Deputy Marshal
(performer: "Levis, Plaid Shirt and Spurs", "Hideout in Hidden Valley")
1949Make Mine Laughs
(performer: "Send Back My Love To Me" - uncredited, "Moonlight over the Islands" - uncredited)
1948Melody Time
(performer: "Once Upon a Wintertime")
1947Beat the Band
(performer: "I've Got My Fingers Crossed", "At the Kissing Well", "I'm in Love" / "I'm in Love" reprise)
1946The Bamboo Blonde
(performer: "I'm Good for Nothing but Love", "Dreaming out Loud", "Moonlight over the Islands", "Right Along about Evening")
1945Radio Stars on Parade
(performer: "Don't Believe Everything You Dream", "Can't Get Out of This Dream", "My Shining Hour", "The Old Black Magic")
1944Girl Rush
(performer: "When I'm Walking Arm in Arm with Jim" 1944, "Annabella's Bustle" 1944, "Rainbow Valley" 1944 / "When I'm Walking Arm in Arm with Jim" 1944)
1944Dixie Jamboree
(performer: "The Dixie Showboat", "If It's a Dream", "Big Stuff")
1944Career Girl
(performer: "That's How the Rumba Began", "Some Day", "Blue in Love Again", "A Dream Came True")
1943Follow the Band
(performer: "My Melancholy Baby" - uncredited)
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
(performer: "Over There" 1917 - uncredited, "The Love Nest" 1920 - uncredited, "Nellie Kelly, I Love You" 1922 - uncredited, "The Man Who Owns Broadway" 1909 - uncredited, "Molly Malone" 1927 - uncredited, "Billie" 1928 - uncredited, "In a Kingdom of Our Own" 1929 - uncredited)
1937Hollywood Hotel
(performer: "Hooray for Hollywood" 1937, "Sing, You Son of a Gun" 1937 / "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" 1937)
1937The Hit Parade
(performer: "The Glory Beyond", "I'll Reach for a Star", "Last Night I Dreamed of You", "Was It Rain", "Sweet Heartache" / "Sweet Heartache")
1936Born to Dance
(performer: "Hey, Babe, Hey" 1936, "Easy to Love" 1936, "Swingin' the Jinx Away" 1936)
1936Palm Springs
(performer: "Overture", "Will I Ever Know", "I Don't Want to Make History, I Just Want to Make Love", "The Hills of Old Wyoming" reprise)
1935Broadway Melody of 1936
(performer: "Broadway Rhythm" 1935, "You Are My Lucky Star" 1935 / "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" 1935)
1935Every Night at Eight
(performer: "Take it Easy", "Song Medley", "Then You've Never Been Blue", "Every Night at Eight", "I Feel a Song Coming on", "I'm in the Mood for Love")
I'd sing a song, and I could just see the guys getting this faraway expression. I knew they were going home in their minds. -- Interview, 2000
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Trivia:
In 1953, Frances again entertained troops with the USO, this time in Korea.
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