Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

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The 1935 short film Pirate Party on Catalina Isle, filmed in Technicolor, features cameo appearances by such Hollywood stars and future stars as Marion Davies, Erroll Flynn, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Mickey Rooney. Songs used in the film’s production numbers include “Anchors Aweigh,” “Avalon,” “The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money),” “(We’re Gonna Have) Smooth Sailing,” “Twelfth Street Rag,” and “The Sailor’s Hornpipe.”

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Complete film: Veoh.com – http://www.veoh.com/watch/v20126419pCrcWyJ2 (length: 19:24)

Soundtrack credits, adapted from IMDb:

“Anchors Aweigh”
music by Charles A. Zimmerman
performed on the banjo by Eddie Peabody and Rue Tyler’s Banjo Band, dancing by the Fanchonettes
“Avalon”
music by Vincent Rose (based on “E lucevan le stelle” from the opera “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini)
lyrics by Al Jolson and Buddy G. DeSylva
sung by a chorus during the opening credits
played often throughout the picture
“The Sailor’s Hornpipe”
traditional
played occasionally throughout the picture
“(We’re Gonna Have) Smooth Sailing”
written by Milton Ager, Al Lewis and Al Sherman
sung by Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, and unidentified female vocal trio; also danced to by Burgess and Downs
“Twelfth Street Rag”
music by Euday L. Bowman
performed by Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers and His California Cavaliers
“The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money)”
music by Harry Warren
lyrics by Al Dubin
sung by unidentified singers and danced by the Fanchonettes

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Anchors Aweigh — performed on banjo by Eddie Peabody and Rue Tyler’s Banjo Band, with dancing by The Fanchonettes — In introducing the song, Peabody says, “Here’s an invitation on 50 banjos. Are you listening? Here we go.”

Avalon

Smooth Sailing (We’re Gonna Have) — sung by Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, and unidentified female vocal trio; also danced to by Burgess and Downs

The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money)

The song was introduced by Ginger Rogers and chorus in Gold Diggers of 1933. In 1935, it was one of several songs used in Pirate Party on Catalina Isle where it is sung by an unidentified male vocal group, with dancing by The Fanchonettes.