"Whispers in the Dark" (1937)

The last movie we landed upon, “Artists and Models Abroad” from 1938, was a follow-up to the previous year’s “Artist and Models,” but it really just borrows the name, as Jack Benny plays different roles in each.

Jack made way more movies in the 1930s than in any other decade of his long career and I enjoy him in those movies, but it always seems kind of odd in that he’s not playing a version of his popular radio persona.

In any event, 1937’s Paramount picture “Artist and Models” featured the hit song “Whispers in the Dark,” which gets a nice treatment from Bob Crosby’s band with vocalist Kay Weber on this Decca record:

 

The Bob Crosby band’s most fondly remembered records have long been their great instrumentals, usually with a Dixieland feel, but the band could play pop sings with vocals quite well too!

Worth mentioning is that the back of the sheet music for “Whispers in the Dark” has this snazzy house ad for Famous Music:

Those songs really are… Famous!