"What a Little Moonlight Can Do": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do"
Road House is a Gaumont-British film made in 1934 and released in November 1934 in the UK and April, 1935 in the U.S. All the songs in the film are written by the American songwriter Harry M. Woods (words and music) and sung by Violet Loraine. For "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," she is joined by Horace Kenney, Frank Atkinson and Geraldo and his orchestra. In the finale of Road House Violet Loraine sings "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" while girls in evening dresses disrobe and dive into an indoor swimming pool.
(For further details, especially on the songs written for the movie and a plot synopsis, see John Howard Reid, More Movie Musicals One Hundred Best Films Plus Twenty "B" Pictures, Lulu.com, 2006.)
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Notes
- Other songs written for Road House currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook : none
- For a complete listing of songs used in this movie, see " More Movie Musicls ," at Google Books .
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Questions
What is What a Little Moonlight Can Do?
Road House is a Gaumont-British film made in 1934 and released in November 1934 in the UK and April, 1935 in the U.S. All the songs in the film are written by the American songwriter Harry M. Woods (words and music) and sung by Violet Loraine. For "What a Little Moonlight Can Do,
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Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?
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Cite this page: "What a Little Moonlight Can Do": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/w/what_a_little_moonlight_can_do.html