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Dance, Baby, Dance (Tantze Babele)

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Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1945-10-15

Runtime: 3 mins

Director: Josef Berne

Spoken language:

Genres: Music

Original title: Dance, Baby, Dance (Tantze Babele)

Production Companies: Soundies Distributing Corporation of America

Production Countries: United States of America

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This three-minute Soundie, distributed via jukebox-like Panoram machines, features Mel Tormé and other members of the Mel-Tones performing the title song in a collegiate setting. It’s a fairly straightforward filmed performance, though the Mel-Tones were almost certainly miming to playback, as was the case for most Soundies. Their rendition of the song is good, but as far as Soundies go, this short film is only so-so.
2022-12-19

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