This Love of Mine

1944
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Aboard a luxury cruise, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, dressed in ship captains' outfits, perform "This Love of Mine". While many passengers dance along to the music, three are listening to ... Read allAboard a luxury cruise, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, dressed in ship captains' outfits, perform "This Love of Mine". While many passengers dance along to the music, three are listening to the music on deck. When the male of those three asks one of the females to dance, that fem... Read allAboard a luxury cruise, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, dressed in ship captains' outfits, perform "This Love of Mine". While many passengers dance along to the music, three are listening to the music on deck. When the male of those three asks one of the females to dance, that female passes her fur coat to the remaining female to hold, leaving her out in the cold. The ... Read all

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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

Orchestra
(as Stan Kenton's Orchestra)

Lucille Bremer

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(uncredited)

Cyd Charisse

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(uncredited)

Stan Kenton

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- Jack Shaindlin
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- William Forest Crouch
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10unwashed_brain

Great Interpretation of a Jazz Classic

Cyd Charisse is the vocalist of "This Love of Mine" in this Soundies short. I can't tell if it is dubbed or not. She would have been 19 or 20 years old in this film.

I'm pretty sure that the trumpeter is Chico Alvarez, a noted member of Kenton's early band lineup.

Can anyone identify any of the other band members in this version of the Stan Kenton Orchestra?

"This Love of Mine" was a major hit in 1941 by Tommy Dorsey (vocal by Frank Sinatra), later becoming a Pop and Jazz standard that has been interpreted by jazz artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, and many more.

6boblipton

Kenton Is Already Producing A Wall Of Sound

Stan Kenton and his band play the title song on what is supposed to be a cruise ship.

It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Panaram. For seven years they could be found in bars, night clubs, and other places where people would gather. Think of them as music videos, available for viewing at a dime a song.

See if you can spot future MGM leads Lucille Bremer and Cyd Charisse among the dancers.

Kenton's orchestra produces a full sound, although I found the song to be decent but not a winner. Well, even during the golden age of the big band, there had to be a few less-than-stellar tunes.