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At The Circus

At The Circus (1939). One of seven Marx Bros. comedies in The Marx Brothers Collection. Features Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" (Arlen). Other Harburg-Arlen songs: "Step Up and Take a Bow," "Swingali," "Two Blind Loves."

Rio Rita

Rio Rita (1942). This Abbott-and-Costello comedy, very loosely derived from the 1920s operetta of the same name, contains one interpolated Harburg-Arlen song, "Long Before You Came Along," sung by John Carroll and Kathryn Grayson. Not to be confused with the 1929 film version with the same title to which Yip and Harold contributed no songs whatsoever.

Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy (1942). Highlight: "Poor You" (Lane) sung by Frank Sinatra (in his first major Hollywood film appearance), Red Skelton (to Eleanor Powell) and Virginia O'Brian (to Bert Lahr). Other songs: "Last Call for Love" and "I'll Take Tallulah."

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie (1942). Finale: "The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam" (Lane), interpolated as a finale into this film version of the Cole Porter stage musical.

Cairo

Cairo (1942). Highlight: "Buds Won't Bud" (Arlen) sung by Ethel Waters with a scatted coda. Also starring Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Young.

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars (1943). Judy Garland sings "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" (Lane). Extra feature on the DVD: audio of "Paging Mr. Greenback" (Brown, Fain, Edens), which was cut from the film.

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky (1943). Harburg-Arlen songs include "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" and "Life's Full of Consequence" sung by Ethel Waters and Lena Horne-Eddie Anderson, respectively.