My goodness, Rich Finegan, you excelled in answering this question on the Fredric March! Thank you. I am interested in reading your list of all the movies in which this music was used. Although I knew about the in-house composers, I never knew the in-depth information you provided. I'm sure that march was named after the actor, Fredric March, as you said. The temptation would have been too great to resist!
Does your list of films include those in which this piece was used at a tempo and/or arrangement other than a march? Sometimes changing the tempo for example, fools me, but sometimes not. I noticed how often old folk hymns were used in this way as incidental music on "The Beverly Hillbillies," for example, including as a character's theme music for an episode or two.
From what I've heard the tune always seems to be played as a march, in fact the same recording is often re-used. The one in the Stooges' short DUTIFUL BUT DUMB is probably the most unique version I've heard (as for the way it's played).
Okay, here are 30 different Columbia films whose musical scores include"Frederic March" by Howard Jackson & Raphael Penso:
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (11-25-36) - feature.
SPEED TO SPARE (5-4-37) - feature.
GIRLS CAN PLAY (Trailer only) (6-21-37).
THE GAME THAT KILLS (9-21-37) - feature.
TERMITES OF 1938 (1-7-38) - Three Stooges short.
THE MAIN EVENT (5-5-38) - feature.
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (10-19-39) - feature.
THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE (4-25-40) - feature.
MEET BOSTON BLACKIE (2-20-41) - feature.
DUTIFUL BUT DUMB (3-21-41) - Three Stooges short.
TILLIE THE TOILER (8-7-41) - feature.
HARMON OF MICHIGAN (9-11-41) - feature.
HARMON OF MICHIGAN (Trailer) (9-11-41).
SHOW DOGS ("World of Sports" series) (9-12-41) - short.
SKI SOLDIERS (3-26-43) - short.
THREE LITTLE TWIRPS (7-9-43) - Three Stooges short.
COWBOY CANTEEN (2-8-44) - feature.
IDLE ROOMERS (7-16-44) - Three Stooges short.
SWING IN THE SADDLE (8-31-44) - feature.
GENTS WITHOUT CENTS (9-22-44) - Three Stooges short.
SAGEBRUSH HEROES (2-1-45) - feature.
ALL THE KING'S MEN (11-5-49) - feature.
SCREEN SNAPSHOTS Series 29, No. 3 - HOLLYWOOD RODEO (11-17-49) - short.
GENTS IN A JAM (9-4-52) - Three Stooges short.
PARDON MY BACKFIRE (8-15-53) - Three Stooges short.
SCREEN SNAPSHOTS Series 33, No. 2 - MEN OF THE WEST (11-19-53) - short.
SCREEN SNAPSHOTS Series 34, No. 3 - HOLLYWOOD COWBOY STARS (11-18-54) - short.
THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST (9-1-55) - feature.
JEANNE EAGELS (8-2-57) - feature.
THE FLYING FONTAINES (12-14-59) - feature.
Can anyone think of any I missed?