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Written by Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas and Larry Shields
Performed by Victor Young and His Orchestra
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Victor Young leads his orchestra in a very lively version of the jazz classic in this early 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.
Young was born in Chicago, but studied music at the conservatory in Warsaw in Poland. Trapped by the First World War, he made a living there fore a while, before returning to the US. His career led him to compose for the movies, where he amassed a total of 22 Oscar nominations. He died in 1956 at the age of 57, and after that, won his first Oscar for the score to AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
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.
Young was born in Chicago, but studied music at the conservatory in Warsaw in Poland. Trapped by the First World War, he made a living there fore a while, before returning to the US. His career led him to compose for the movies, where he amassed a total of 22 Oscar nominations. He died in 1956 at the age of 57, and after that, won his first Oscar for the score to AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
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- Runtime3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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