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Pages: 2077
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Categories: Performing Arts
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The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular en
Medium Cool
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: Roger Beebe
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-26 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Susan Delson
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-07 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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In the 1940s, folks at bars and restaurants would gather around a Panoram movie machine to watch three-minute films called Soundies, precursors to today's music
Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card
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Pages: 316
Authors: Susan Delson
Categories: Performing Arts
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Follows the life of Hollywood's first independent filmmaker known for "The Emperor Jones" and "Ballet mâecanique."
Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small-Screen Culture
Language: en
Pages: 195
Authors: Andrea Kelley
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-28 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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This is the first and only book to position what are called "Soundies" within the broader cultural and technological milieu of the 1940s. Examining the dynamics