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Between 1935-1938, Allan Jones made seven movies at MGM and the movie Show Boat at Universal Studios in 1936. These films jump started his career and are the most remembered today.
From 1939 to 1945 he made fifteen more movies at Paramount and Universal Studios. Unlike his earlier films, these were lower budget and are less well known today, however fans still treasure them for their musical numbers. In the 1960s, he returned to make a short appearance in A Swingin’ Summer.
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1. Reckless (1935)
2. A Night at the Opera (1935)
3. Rose Marie (1936)
4. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
5. Show Boat (1936)
6. The Firefly (1937)
7. A Day at the Races (1937)
8. Everybody Sing (1938)
9. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
10. The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
11. The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
12. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
13. There’s Magic in Music (1941)
14. True to the Army (1942)
15. Moonlight in Havana (1942)
16. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
17. Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
18. Larceny with Music (1943)
19. Crazy House (1943)
20. You’re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
21. Sing a Jingle (1944)
22. Senorita from the West (1945)
23. Honeymoon Ahead (1945)
24. A Swingin’ Summer (1965)
Films that Never Were
While in the film industry, Allan Jones was considered for several roles in other films, but these plans were never executed. Below are those films.
• Broadway Melody of 1935: MGM studios
• Honolulu: MGM studios, 1939
• The Desert Song: At Universal studios, Allan Jones did make a screen test to play the Red Shadow in “The Desert Song” along with Margaret Lindsay. This film was instead made by Warner Brothers in 1943 and starred Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning.
Short Films
Allan Jones appeared with his horses in MGM’s short film, “Hollywood Hobbies”
From 1950-53, Allan Jones made several musical TV shorts called Snader Telescriptions (early music videos) including the following songs:
• Only a Rose
• La Vita E Bella
• Vesti La Guibba
• The Lonesome Road
• Over and Over and Over
• The World is Mine Tonight
• All My Love
• The Monkey and the Organ Grinder
• Red Ingle, Red Nichols
• Take Me in Your Arms
• Questo o Quella
Film Clips
• Allan Jones’ 1938 recording of “The Donkey Serenade” was featured in Woody Allen’s 1987 film, “Radio Days.”
• The “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” sequence from “The Great Ziegfeld” is featured in “That’s Entertainment I” released in 1974.
• The stateroom scene from “A Night at the Opera” is featured in “That’s Entertainment II” released in 1976.
• Scenes from “Show Boat” were featured in the 1981 TV special, “Musical Comedy Tonight II.”
• Allan Jones’ 1953 appearance on “The Abbott and Costello Show” is featured on the “Crooners of the Century” video that was released in 1988.