June Christy sings the title song, backed by the Stan Kenton orchestra 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.
This sentimental song became a hit at the end of the Second World War as wives and girlfriends welcomed returning veterans home. It's far more syrupy in orchestration than I usually like -- it is a Harry James number -- but there is no other way to play it without destroying its very real sentiments.
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.
This sentimental song became a hit at the end of the Second World War as wives and girlfriends welcomed returning veterans home. It's far more syrupy in orchestration than I usually like -- it is a Harry James number -- but there is no other way to play it without destroying its very real sentiments.
