Phil Arnold sings and dances with Gwen Vernon in front of a saloon audience in this rendition of the Gay '90s song for 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 was written and performed int he English music halls by Michael Nolan, and imported to the United States by Annie Hart, also known as 'The Bowery Girl.' It's a very happy little number, and a 16-year-old Gwen Verdon looking very charming.
