Musical Reverse Titles - Havana is Calling Me

Duration: 600

Genre: Soundie

Year Published: 1940

Format: 16mm

Description:

Short Soundies from the 1940s.

1. “Havana Is Calling Me” Bernice Parks with Theodore, Eddie Durant conducting.
Musical number a man in a shirt and tie and a woman in a Hispanic style dress with fruit and flowers headdress dance in a restaurant while a band plays.

2. “Grand Pianos and Gals” 1941 David Raskin, Dorothy Janice and the Mills Piano Quartette
A group of women in bathing suit style clothes dance on a stage above a grand piano. No nudity or strip tease, just dancing and singing

3. Beverly Roberts, “Walking on Air” 1941
A woman sits on a flowered swing and sings. She gets up and dances around a garden . A group of women in dresses dance around on a stage and in the garden.

4. Patricia Ellis “You Appeal To Me” 1941
A blonde woman in a plaid dress moves around a fancy urban restaurant and sings to the guests.

5. Smoky Rogers “Fireball Mail” Martin Murray Productions No date
A group of men and women ‘cowboys’ sing around a campfire in the mountains.

6. Mary Martell “How Big Can You Get” No Date.
A brown haired woman in a fancy black dress sings in a lounge, moving around to patrons and accompanying the pianist.

Complete Record: Short Soundies from the 1940s. 1. “Havana Is Calling Me” Bernice Parks with Theodore, Eddie Durant conducting. Musical number a man in a shirt and tie and a woman in a Hispanic style dress with fruit and flowers headdress dance in a restaurant while a band plays. 2. “Grand Pianos and Gals” 1941 David Raskin, Dorothy Janice and the Mills Piano Quartette A group of women in bathing suit style clothes dance on a stage above a grand piano. No nudity or strip tease, just dancing and singing 3. Beverly Roberts, “Walking on Air” 1941 A woman sits on a flowered swing and sings. She gets up and dances around a garden . A group of women in dresses dance around on a stage and in the garden. 4. Patricia Ellis “You Appeal To Me” 1941 A blonde woman in a plaid dress moves around a fancy urban restaurant and sings to the guests. 5. Smoky Rogers “Fireball Mail” Martin Murray Productions No date A group of men and women ‘cowboys’ sing around a campfire in the mountains. 6. Mary Martell “How Big Can You Get” No Date. A brown haired woman in a fancy black dress sings in a lounge, moving around to patrons and accompanying the pianist.