Hallelujah I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933), retitled The Heart of New York, was the first Hollywood feature film to be shown on regularly scheduled USA television. It was broadcast by W2XBS, New York City, on 5 July 1939, two months after their inauguration of regular service which had begun on 30 April 1939 with the opening of the New York World's Fair. It is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946.

A cameraman's arm is reflected in the partially opened window of the Mayor's limousine when the Mayor meets Bumper at the casino.

A re-dubbed and edited version (for UK release) called "Hallelujah, I'm A Tramp" frequently turns up on television. In this version the soundtrack is momentarily erased whenever the word 'bum' is sung!

Featured in The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show (1973)