Martha (M'appari) Connee Boswell

This Snayder Telescript was shot in Connee Boswell's Manhattan Apartment. She made a series of these shorts (the midpoint between "soundies" and MTV) with her dog Rebel. She reprised her 1937 hit "Martha" for this production. Connee Boswell was the first to "swing the classics" and paved the way for everyone from Bea Wain and Larry Clinton to Bobby Darrin. Just another one of the trends that began with a Boswell, but has somehow gotten lost with the passage of time.