[Soundies. Compilation reel]

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1941

Creator: .

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Soundies Distributing Corporation of America.; Struttin' to Sutton Place.; You're in love with everyone (but the one who's in love with you); Speak to me, Darlin'.; Ooh-ooh Georgie.; I thought about you.

Description: Struttin' to Sutton Place. c1942 -- You're in love with everyone (but the one who's in love with you) c1941 -- [Speak to me, Darlin'] -- Ooh-ooh Georgie. c1943 -- I thought about you. c1941.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; "Soundies can be considered the precursors to music videos. Produced during the years 1940 to 1946, soundies were made to be seen on self-contained, coin-operated, 16mm rear projection machines called Panorams located in nightclubs, bars, restaurants and other public places. Eight soundies, featuring a variety of musical performances, were generally spliced together on a reel which ran in a continuous loop. The Panoram, a complicated and unique machine, later served as the basis for the RCA 16mm projector. Soundies were produced by various companies such as Minoco and RCM Productions, a company formed by James Roosevelt (the son of Franklin D. Roosevelt) songwriter Sam Coslow, and Herbert Mills, a pioneer in the development of arcade music machines"--http ://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/Profiles/soundies.html; PFA 1608-01-1696. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: March 23, 2005 scratched; printed for reverse projection; on conventional projection, titles are in mirror image.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE