Actor-singer Rudy Vallee sang it in the 1929 film The Vagabond Lover, with the beat changed from a foxtrot to a waltz.

The Vagabond Lover (1929)

The Vagabond Lover (1929) is an American black-and-white, comedy-drama musical film about a small-town boy who finds fame and romance when he joins a dance band.

"I'm Just a Vagabond Lover"

They wanted his today, so they could hear "Nagasaki" and "Vagabond Lover" and "Please" sung freshly again.

His first film, The Vagabond Lover, was promoted with the line, "Men Hate Him!

The Vagabond Lover starring Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane and Marie Dressler.

In 1929 she was in "The Vagabond Lover" with Rudy Vallee.

He called himself Burl Ives, the Vagabond Lover, and visited 46 of what were then the 48 states.

Rudy Vallee made their, and his, first talking (and singing) movie, "Vagabond Lover," and Mr. Vallee is seen in an interview recalling how it bombed.