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

Carolyn Marsh with Ray Bloch and His Orchestra


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: soundie

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: tiptruck - - June 12, 2008
Subject: Polished performances in a great Soundie.
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.

Reviewer: ERD - - December 29, 2006
Subject: Cute number.
Ray block, before the Ed Sullivan Show(First called "Toast of the Town"). Excellent vocalist, cute number.

Reviewer: misterhistory - - July 31, 2005
Subject: No special effects
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.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - June 14, 2005
Subject: I can't give you anything but a bland performance,
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.

Reviewer: Christine Hennig - - July 29, 2004
Subject: Bay-Bee!!
A pretty woman sings ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂI CanÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt Give You Anything but LoveÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ (Bay-Be!! You remember how it goesÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ) and a couple of dorky couples dance in the kind of nightclub floor show they just donÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt do today. A charming soundie from the 40s.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.