Gai Moran sings the title song and dances with a man in a tux. In fact, all the musicians are wearing formal wear in this odd early boogie-woogie soundie.
Soundies were short films, usually about three minutes in length, meant to be played on a machine known as the Mills Panoram. These video jukeboxes could be found in bars, lounges, and similar locations; for a dime, the machine would play a short film, one of ten that would be changed on a weekly schedule. Over the period from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies would produce more than two thousand films in a variety of genres.
This is a very strange boogie-woogie number. At the time, it was still a largely unknown variety of jazz, and seeing it performed by White musicians and dancers all dressed to the nines is bizarre.
Soundies were short films, usually about three minutes in length, meant to be played on a machine known as the Mills Panoram. These video jukeboxes could be found in bars, lounges, and similar locations; for a dime, the machine would play a short film, one of ten that would be changed on a weekly schedule. Over the period from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies would produce more than two thousand films in a variety of genres.
This is a very strange boogie-woogie number. At the time, it was still a largely unknown variety of jazz, and seeing it performed by White musicians and dancers all dressed to the nines is bizarre.
