DOROTHY LAMOUR - WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIME SIGNAL w Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra from The Fleet's In (1942)

[@gregoryagogo]

The time signal, sponsored by NBC!

[@Sometime4781]

Great to be able to view in 2023.

[@harlowsplace]

Is that her? Dorothy looks so young there... wonder if Bing & Bob ever filmed this❤tune with Dorothy!🎶 just imagine that!

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yep, she does look young (she was 27), but Dottie was already a big name by 1942, having become a star with "Jungle Princess" in 1936. By the time she made "The Fleet's In" (in which she is top-billed), Lamour had already co-starred in 2 "Road" films (Singapore & Zanzibar) and was in "Caught in the Draft" with Bob Hope, one of 1941's biggest hits. This is a great novelty song, but I don't think Bing and Bob ever sang it.

[@marymitchell8625]

NBC? Did she get those notes from NBC or the other way around? I know I've heard those notes before

[@BabyFaceBren]

I’m pretty sure it’s the same notes as the NBC chimes (G-E-C) but I always assumed, because of the song, that the notes were also used by the telephone company back in the day (e.g “when you hear the time signal the time will be…”) Here in Australia, they used 3 pips and the voice would say “on the third stroke it will be…”. But I’m not American and not 100 so I’m not sure. If it WAS the NBC chimes for some reason, they are definitely older than this film. Google states the three-tone signal was used as early as 1929.

[@marymitchell8625]

@@BabyFaceBren Ah. Ok. Good info 👍

[@gregoryagogo]

@@BabyFaceBren I'm pretty sure it's just a shameless plug for NBC. The NBC chimes are all over the Three Stooges! I think it's just a 'fun gag' and promotion.