Stan Kenton and his orchestra perform the title song in this soundie.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
It's a nice performance of this purely orchestral number, although I wasn't blown away, not even by the seven saxophones. Director Reginald LeBorg tries to add some visual oomph by showing individual players, with other performers indicated by large shadows.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
It's a nice performance of this purely orchestral number, although I wasn't blown away, not even by the seven saxophones. Director Reginald LeBorg tries to add some visual oomph by showing individual players, with other performers indicated by large shadows.