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All About Soundies ....

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. They were 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, headed by FDR's son James Roosevelt, Sam Coslow a song writer and Herbert Mills, a pioneer in the development of arcade music machines. 

In order to achieve the widest possible distribution, soundies covered the gamut of musical styles from country and western to Russian balalaika music, tenors singing Irish folksongs, the big band swing music of Stan Kenton and Tommy Dorsey and jazz Greats, Fats Waller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole.

A Soundie reel sometimes included cheesecake segments--striptease, burlesque routines or shots of women in bathing suits--specifically intended to attract wartime military personnel on leave. Appeals for war bonds and other patriotic messages ("We're All Americans", "When Hitler Kicks the Bucket", "The White Cliffs of Dover") were included. Soundies often starred little known performers who later became famous, such as Alan Ladd, Cyd Charisse, Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, as well as performers on their way down. Many African-American performers like Dorothy Dandridge, Louis Armstrong and Stepin Fetchit who were largely absent from mainstream films except in minor roles, were featured.

From the UCLA Film Library Web Site

Below is a PARTIAL list of  titles Produced On DVD. These are READY for Disribution!

Soundies, Disc 1: Aint' Misbehavin' *** B&W *** Unrated Fats Waller
Soundies, Disc 1: Blues In The Night *** B&W *** Unrated Cab Calloway
Soundies, Disc 1: Honeysuckle Rose *** B&W *** Unrated Fats Waller
Soundies, Disc 1: Minni The Moocher *** B&W *** Unrated Cab Calloway
Soundies, Disc 1: Shine *** B&W *** Unrated Louis Armstrong
Soundies, Disc 1: Sleepy Time Down South *** B&W *** Unrated Louis Armstrong
Soundies, Disc 1: This Joint Is Jumpin' *** B&W *** Unrated Fats Waller
Soundies, Disc 1: Virginia, Georgia , Caroline *** B&W *** Unrated Cab Calloway
Soundies, Disc 1: Your Feets To Big *** B&W *** Unrated Fats Waller
Soundies, Disc 10: Babalu *** B&W *** Unrated Corinna Mura
Soundies, Disc 10: Giant Of The Jungle *** B&W *** Unrated Larry Clinton, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 10: Go 'Long Mule *** B&W *** Unrated Emerson's Mountaineer's
Soundies, Disc 10: Pio Pio *** B&W *** Unrated Caridad Garcia
Soundies, Disc 10: Semper Fidelis *** B&W *** Unrated Larry Clinton, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 10: Senorita *** B&W *** Unrated Caridad Garcia
Soundies, Disc 10: Siboney *** B&W *** Unrated Caridad Garcia
Soundies, Disc 10: Vamos A Gozar *** B&W *** Unrated Varios & Vida
Soundies, Disc 11: Conga La Maize *** B&W *** Unrated Dorothy Janice
Soundies, Disc 11: Drink Hearty *** B&W *** Unrated Henry Allen Band
Soundies, Disc 11: How To Order In A French Restaurant *** B&W *** Unrated Willie Howard
Soundies, Disc 11: If You Only Knew *** B&W *** Unrated Valaida Snow
Soundies, Disc 11: I'm A Big Girl Now *** B&W *** Unrated Jeni Freeland
Soundies, Disc 11: Mi Espana *** B&W *** Unrated Caridad Garcia
Soundies, Disc 11: Que Buena Es La Conga *** B&W *** Unrated Varios & Vida
Soundies, Disc 11: There Goes That Guitar *** B&W *** Unrated Joe Reichman Band
Soundies, Disc 12: Bowery Meledy *** B&W *** Unrated Earl Covert
Soundies, Disc 12: Cuban Episode *** B&W *** Unrated Katherine Dunham
Soundies, Disc 12: Don't Run Down A Woman *** B&W *** Unrated Romaine Stevens
Soundies, Disc 12: I'm Comin' Virginia *** B&W *** Unrated Aileen Shirley
Soundies, Disc 12: My Gal Sal *** B&W *** Unrated The Eaton Boys
Soundies, Disc 12: Oh You Pretty Woman *** B&W *** Unrated Nick Concran
Soundies, Disc 12: Rhythm Sam *** B&W *** Unrated The Lenox Trio
Soundies, Disc 12: Sun Tan Strut *** B&W *** Unrated The Sun Tan Band
Soundies, Disc 13: Concert Canteen *** B&W *** Unrated Rubinoff And his Violin
Soundies, Disc 13: I Need A Nurse *** B&W *** Unrated Michael Loring
Soundies, Disc 13: My Little Cousin *** B&W *** Unrated Teddy Powell, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 13: Please Take A Letter Miss Brown *** B&W *** Unrated Michael Loring
Soundies, Disc 13: Sleep Kentucky Babe *** B&W *** Unrated Day, Dawn & Dusk
Soundies, Disc 13: Speak-Spak-Spoke *** B&W *** Unrated Mabel Todd
Soundies, Disc 13: The Music Shop *** B&W *** Unrated Rubinoff And his Violin
Soundies, Disc 13: With A Twist Of The Wrist *** B&W *** Unrated Grace McDonald
Soundies, Disc 14: After The Ball *** B&W *** Unrated Gaurdsman Quartet
Soundies, Disc 14: Doin' The Ratanacue *** B&W *** Unrated Tony Pastor
Soundies, Disc 14: If You Treat Me To A Hug *** B&W *** Unrated The Chanticleers
Soundies, Disc 14: Miss Johnson Phoned Again *** B&W *** Unrated Mary Healy
Soundies, Disc 14: Po-Go-Mo-Bay *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 14: Soundies Song Parade No. 1 *** B&W *** Unrated Nancy Gates
Soundies, Disc 14: Stand Up For Your Rights *** B&W *** Unrated Harry Ross & Reiss Bros.
Soundies, Disc 14: The Mexican Jumping Bean *** B&W *** Unrated Dolores Nino & Lenora
Soundies, Disc 14: Who Dunnit' To Who *** B&W *** Unrated June Richmond
Soundies, Disc 15: Darn That Dream *** B&W *** Unrated Martha Mears & Bill Roberts
Soundies, Disc 15: Joe And Charlie's Coffee Pot *** B&W *** Unrated Smith N' Dale
Soundies, Disc 15: Keep Smiling *** B&W *** Unrated The Four Ginger Snaps
Soundies, Disc 15: Love Turns Winter *** B&W *** Unrated Martha Tilton
Soundies, Disc 15: Smiles *** B&W *** Unrated Larry Clinton, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 15: Thanks For The Boogie Ride *** B&W *** Unrated Gene Krupa, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 15: The Fella With The Fiddle *** B&W *** Unrated Robert "Tex" Allen
Soundies, Disc 15: Three In One Review *** B&W *** Unrated Frank Paris
Soundies, Disc 15: Unknown Title *** B&W *** Unrated The Les Paul Trio
Soundies, Disc 16: Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakaka *** B&W *** Unrated Lani McIntyre, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 16: Come Back To Sorrento *** B&W *** Unrated Al Donahue, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 16: It Had To Be You *** B&W *** Unrated Cliff Edwards
Soundies, Disc 16: K.P. Serenade *** B&W *** Unrated Hoosier Hot Shots
Soundies, Disc 16: Lazybones *** B&W *** Unrated Hoagy Charmichael
Soundies, Disc 16: Lonesome Road *** B&W *** Unrated Al Donahue, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 16: Minnie From Trinidad *** B&W *** Unrated Luba Malina
Soundies, Disc 16: Piano Reflections, Polonaise *** B&W *** Unrated Frederick Chopin
Soundies, Disc 16: Twas Love *** B&W *** Unrated Gwen Tynes
Soundies, Disc 17: Blow Gabriel Blow *** B&W *** Unrated Wynn Marray
Soundies, Disc 17: Mama Don't Allow It *** B&W *** Unrated Rufe Davis
Soundies, Disc 17: Molly Malone *** B&W *** Unrated Michael Loring
Soundies, Disc 17: St. Louis Blues *** B&W *** Unrated The Four King Sisters
Soundies, Disc 17: Sweetheart, Darling *** B&W *** Unrated Smith N' Dale
Soundies, Disc 17: Swinging On A Star *** B&W *** Unrated Harry Lefcourt's Red Jackets
Soundies, Disc 17: Tica Ti Tica Ta *** B&W *** Unrated Ginger Harmon
Soundies, Disc 17: Where Were You *** B&W *** Unrated Naomie Wheat
Soundies, Disc 17: You Appeal To Me *** B&W *** Unrated Patricia Ellis
Soundies, Disc 18: Beautiful Clothes *** B&W *** Unrated Harry Langdon
Soundies, Disc 18: Comes The Revolution *** B&W *** Unrated Willie Howard
Soundies, Disc 18: I Want To Lead A Band *** B&W *** Unrated Gene Austin
Soundies, Disc 18: It's A Sin To Tell A Lie *** B&W *** Unrated Bert Froham
Soundies, Disc 18: Loretta *** B&W *** Unrated Ronnie Kemper
Soundies, Disc 18: Love Me A Little Little *** B&W *** Unrated Joy Hodges
Soundies, Disc 18: Mamae Eu Quero *** B&W *** Unrated Yola Galli
Soundies, Disc 18: Sugar Babe *** B&W *** Unrated Mable Lee
Soundies, Disc 18: The Wise Old Owl *** B&W *** Unrated Sylvia Froos
Soundies, Disc 19: Backstage Blues *** B&W *** Unrated Lynn Albritton & Lou Ellen
Soundies, Disc 19: Blacksmith Song *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 19: Blow The Man Down *** B&W *** Unrated Marilyn Hare & The Paragons
Soundies, Disc 19: Lazy River *** B&W *** Unrated The Mills Brothers
Soundies, Disc 19: Poet and Peasent *** B&W *** Unrated The Milt Britton Band
Soundies, Disc 19: Rhumboogie *** B&W *** Unrated Maurice Rocco
Soundies, Disc 19: Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi *** B&W *** Unrated Marilyn Stuart
Soundies, Disc 19: The Night We Met In Honomu *** B&W *** Unrated Lanny Ross
Soundies, Disc 19: Time Takes Care Of Everything *** B&W *** Unrated June Richmond
Soundies, Disc 2: 47th Street Jive *** B&W *** Unrated June Richmond
Soundies, Disc 2: Boogie Woogie Piggy *** B&W *** Unrated Deep River Boy's
Soundies, Disc 2: Cow Cow Boogie *** B&W *** Unrated Dorothy Dandridge
Soundies, Disc 2: Does You Do Or Does You Don't *** B&W *** Unrated Vanita Smythe
Soundies, Disc 2: Gimmie Some Skin *** B&W *** Unrated Delta Rhythm Boy's
Soundies, Disc 2: Paper Doll *** B&W *** Unrated Mills Brother's
Soundies, Disc 2: Rigoletto Blues *** B&W *** Unrated Delta Rhythm Boy's
Soundies, Disc 2: Shout Brother Shout *** B&W *** Unrated Dusty Brooks
Soundies, Disc 2: You Call It Madness *** B&W *** Unrated Billy Eckstein
Soundies, Disc 20: Azusa *** B&W *** Unrated Liz Tilton
Soundies, Disc 20: Barnyard Bounce *** B&W *** Unrated Will Bradley, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 20: I Thought About You *** B&W *** Unrated Patricia Ellis
Soundies, Disc 20: Is You Or Aint You My Baby *** B&W *** Unrated King Cole Trio & Ida James
Soundies, Disc 20: Lydia *** B&W *** Unrated Rudy Vallee
Soundies, Disc 20: Pig Foot Pete *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 20: Sentimental Journey *** B&W *** Unrated Glen Gray, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 20: Some Of These Days *** B&W *** Unrated Maxine Sullivan
Soundies, Disc 20: Tiger Rag *** B&W *** Unrated Walter Liberache
Soundies, Disc 21: Dance Review *** B&W *** Unrated Pat Rooney III
Soundies, Disc 21: Fiddle Polka *** B&W *** Unrated Lanny Ross
Soundies, Disc 21: MaCanmara's Band *** B&W *** Unrated Gus Van
Soundies, Disc 21: May Be Wrong *** B&W *** Unrated Les Elgart, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 21: Missouri *** B&W *** Unrated Deuce Spriggins, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 21: Mountain Plains *** B&W *** Unrated Jimmy Wakely
Soundies, Disc 21: Somewhere In Old Wyoming *** B&W *** Unrated Art Dixon
Soundies, Disc 21: Study In Brown *** B&W *** Unrated Reg Kehoe & his Marimba Queens
Soundies, Disc 21: When Paddy McGinty Plays The Harp *** B&W *** Unrated Gus Van
Soundies, Disc 22: At Your Service *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Chickatee Chickataw *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Chickee-Boom *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Chime Bells Ringing *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Drink *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: I Could Write A Book *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Jiveroo *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Lullabye Of Broadway *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Male Order *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Once In Awhile *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Paran Pan-Pan *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Ranchero *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Senorita *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Stardust *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Surrender *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Sweet Sue *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Ten Pretty Girls *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: The Lamp Of Memory *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: This Or That *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Unknown *** B&W *** Unrated Reg Kehoe & his Marimba Queens
Soundies, Disc 22: Unknown *** B&W *** Unrated All Women Orchestra
Soundies, Disc 22: Unknown *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown Orch.
Soundies, Disc 22: Unknown *** B&W *** Unrated Padded Cell Singers
Soundies, Disc 22: Who's The Hootie *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: You'll Have To Marry Me *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 22: Zig Zag *** B&W *** Unrated Unknown
Soundies, Disc 3: Ana Lani *** B&W *** Unrated Ray Kinney, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 3: Hawaiian War Chant *** B&W *** Unrated Mahel Todd
Soundies, Disc 3: Hilo Hattie *** B&W *** Unrated Lani McIntyre, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 3: I'd Like To See Some More Of Somoa *** B&W *** Unrated Shadrach Boys
Soundies, Disc 3: Maka La Pua *** B&W *** Unrated Lani McIntyre, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 3: Paradise Isle *** B&W *** Unrated Lani McIntyre, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 3: Princess Aloha *** B&W *** Unrated Andy Iona, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 3: That's The Hawaiian In Me *** B&W *** Unrated Betty Bradly
Soundies, Disc 3: They Tell Me Hawaii IS Heaven *** B&W *** Unrated The Three Debutantes
Soundies, Disc 4: How To See A French Doctor *** B&W *** Unrated Willie Howard
Soundies, Disc 4: Listen To The Mockingbird *** B&W *** Unrated Emerson's Mountaineer's
Soundies, Disc 4: My Shawl *** B&W *** Unrated Borrah Minevitch Rascals
Soundies, Disc 4: Pass The Biscuits Mirandy *** B&W *** Unrated Spike Jones
Soundies, Disc 4: Strum Fun *** B&W *** Unrated Eddie Peabody
Soundies, Disc 4: Turkey In The Straw *** B&W *** Unrated The Schnickelfrit Band
Soundies, Disc 4: When The Circus Comes To Town *** B&W *** Unrated The Kidoodlers
Soundies, Disc 5: Angeline *** B&W *** Unrated Leo Diamond
Soundies, Disc 5: Boxcar Rhapsody *** B&W *** Unrated Borrah Minevitch Rascals
Soundies, Disc 5: Ma He's Making Eyes At Me *** B&W *** Unrated Ted Fio Rito
Soundies, Disc 5: Old McDonald Had A Farm *** B&W *** Unrated The Eaton Boys
Soundies, Disc 5: Penicilin For Sale *** B&W *** Unrated The Castro Sisters
Soundies, Disc 5: Polish Mazur *** B&W *** Unrated Stanley Mroczek's Orch.
Soundies, Disc 5: The Gentlemen Needs A Shave *** B&W *** Unrated Beverly Roberts
Soundies, Disc 5: The Old Apple Tree *** B&W *** Unrated Esmereldy & Frank Novak
Soundies, Disc 6: Basin Street Boogie *** B&W *** Unrated Will Bradley
Soundies, Disc 6: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes *** B&W *** Unrated Sam Kenton, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 6: Jumpin' At The Juke Box *** B&W *** Unrated Al Donahue
Soundies, Disc 6: Jumpin' In The Panoram *** B&W *** Unrated Stan Kento, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 6: Southern Scandal *** B&W *** Unrated Stan Kento, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 6: St. James Infermary *** B&W *** Unrated Sam Coslow, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 6: The Boogie Man *** B&W *** Unrated Johnny Long, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 6: What To Do *** B&W *** Unrated Les Hite, Orch
Soundies, Disc 7: Broadway Rhythm *** B&W *** Unrated Benny Fields
Soundies, Disc 7: Comin' Thru The Rye *** B&W *** Unrated Charlie Spivak, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 7: Count Me In *** B&W *** Unrated Claud Thornhill, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 7: It All Come Back To Me Now *** B&W *** Unrated Tamara & Del Casino
Soundies, Disc 7: Joe Joe *** B&W *** Unrated Pat Rainy, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 7: Lamplight *** B&W *** Unrated Skinny Ennis
Soundies, Disc 7: Overnight *** B&W *** Unrated Vincent Lopez, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 7: Sizzle With Sissle *** B&W *** Unrated Mabel Lee & Sissle Orch.
Soundies, Disc 8: Beyond The Blue Horizon *** B&W *** Unrated The Three Suns
Soundies, Disc 8: Don't Cry *** B&W *** Unrated Vincent Lopez, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 8: Let Me Off Uptown *** B&W *** Unrated Gene Krupa
Soundies, Disc 8: Moonlight Becomes You *** B&W *** Unrated Eddy Howard, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 8: Stalingrad *** B&W *** Unrated The Three Suns
Soundies, Disc 8: The Chool Song *** B&W *** Unrated The Kings Men
Soundies, Disc 8: Turn Out The Lights *** B&W *** Unrated Vincent Lopez, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 8: You Gotta Be A Football Hero *** B&W *** Unrated Gus Howard
Soundies, Disc 9: Dearest Darest *** B&W *** Unrated The Martins
Soundies, Disc 9: Dry Bones *** B&W *** Unrated Delta Rhythm Boy's
Soundies, Disc 9: Hail *** B&W *** Unrated Latin Americana
Soundies, Disc 9: Hungarian Dance *** B&W *** Unrated Emery Deutsch
Soundies, Disc 9: Kazbek *** B&W *** Unrated Yasha Davidoff
Soundies, Disc 9: Skip To My Lou *** B&W *** Unrated The Martins
Soundies, Disc 9: Smiles  *** B&W *** Unrated Larry Clinton, Orch.
Soundies, Disc 9: We've Got Another Bond To Buy *** B&W *** Unrated Bing Crosby

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