Musical Films
- Almost Married starring Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Eugene Pallette and Elizabeth Patterson. Directed by Charles Lamont.
- The Balloon Goes Up starring Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Donald Peers and Ronald Shiner. Directed by Redd Davis.
- Behind the Eight Ball starring The Ritz Brothers, Carol Bruce, Dick Foran, Grace McDonald, Johnny Downs and William Demarest. Directed by Edward F. Cline.
- Born To Sing starring Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Leo Gorcey and Rags Ragland. Directed by Edward Ludwig.
- Broadway starring George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford and Marjorie Rambeau. Directed by William A. Seiter.
- Cabin In The Sky starring Ethel Waters, Eddie Anderson, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne.
- The Fleet's In starring Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra with vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell.
- Get Hep to Love starring Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Peggy Ryan and Cora Sue Collins
- Give Out, Sisters starring Laverne Andrews, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Dan Dailey and Donald O'Connor
- I Married An Angel starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Edward Everett Horton.
- Joan of Ozark starring Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown and Eddie Foy Jr.
- King Arthur Was a Gentleman starring Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall and Anne Shelton
- Moonlight in Havana starring Allan Jones and Jane Frazee
- My Favorite Spy starring Kay Kyser & his Band, Ellen Drew and Jane Wyman. Directed by Tay Garnett.
- Panama Hattie starring Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Virginia O'Brien and Dan Dailey, and featuring Lena Horne.
- Priorities on Parade starring Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Jerry Colonna and Betty Jane Rhodes
- Rhythm Parade starring Nils T. Grunland, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, The Mills Brothers and Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra. Directed by Dave Gould and Howard Bretherton.
- Ride 'Em Cowboy starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Dick Foran and featuring Ella Fitzgerald and The Merry Macs.
- Rio Rita starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll
- Road To Morocco starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
- Seven Days' Leave starring Victor Mature, Lucille Ball and Buddy Clark and featuring Ginny Simms, Les Brown & his Orchestra and Freddy Martin & his Orchestra
- Sleepytime Gal released March 5 starring Judy Canova and Ruth Terry and featuring Skinnay Ennis & his Orchestra.
- Springtime in the Rockies released November 6, starring Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable and John Payne and featuring Harry James and his Music and Six Hits and a Miss.
- Star Spangled Rhythm starring Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken, and featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Mary Martin, Dick Powell and Vera Zorina.
- Strictly in the Groove starring Mary Healy, Richard Davies and Leon Errol and featuring Martha Tilton, The Dinning Sisters and Ozzie Nelson & his Band
- Sweater Girl released July 13 starring Eddie Bracken and June Preisser and featuring Betty Jane Rhodes.
- Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Irene Manning and Frances Langford.
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