Love Turns Winter to Spring

This was another Soundie featuring vocalist Martha Tilton that I just discovered on YouTube. Accompanied by Bobby Sherwood's Orchestra in an obviously fake winter setting, Ms. Liltin' Tilton performs a duet with Gene Grounds in the title song while May Ross-who's obviously a professional skater-dances on skates during the instrumental break. The song's premise is obviously about how, despite the constant cold, both Martha and Gene sing how each others' presence make the days warmer. Oh, and besides the other musicians, there's plenty of pretty women in the background, just smiling. Like many other Soundies featuring Martha Tilton, this was produced by Sam Coslow but the director this time is Roy Mack. So on that note, Love Turns Winter to Spring is worth a look.

Martha Tilton and Bobby Sherwood sing the title song 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.

It's a pleasant soundie, most notable probably for 1930s comic actor Vince Barnett playing a waiter. I can't identify the pretty girl who does some ice dancing, but she's very good.