Soundie - I Can't Give You Anything but Love (1941)

★★★★★ · No special effects · misterhistory · 2005-07-31

An old standard, and great band. We have to remember, in the 40's this was a state of the art "music video" - no special effects and no head banging or break dancing. It was a simpler time featuring songs with memorable lyrics and a recognizable beat to dance to. Perhaps our tastes have become too sophisticated. This soundie is good, clean entertainment.

★★★★★ · Polished performances in a great Soundie. · tiptruck · 2008-06-12

Carolyn Marsh brings to her performance touches of Alice Faye in the way she puts this great number over. There's a marked similarity in looks and body language as well, though others may disagree. Ray Bloch's backing is fine as well. Scores my top rating.

★★★ · I can't give you anything but a bland performance, · Spuzz · 2005-06-14

Not a bad rendition of this classic song here by an (of course) unknown singer. She performs this ok, with a suspicious "are they? or aren't they?" playing orchestra. Love the 2 dancing couples here. Strictly a below by-the-books soundie here.