The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier ...
Once upon a time you could drop a dime in a movie jukebox to hear — and watch — musical greats like Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa. By Manohla Dargis Hair slicked and smile set to dazzle, Duke ...
This is FRESH AIR. Decades before there were music videos, there were soundies. In the 1940s, you could not only listen to your favorite bands and vocalists on records or the radio, but you could also ...
In April 2015, a video titled “102 y/o Dancer Sees Herself on Film for the First Time” was uploaded on YouTube. Shot on cellphones in a Brooklyn nursing home, the seven-minute video shows Alice Barker ...
Forty years before MTV and music videos, there were "soundies." Between 1940 and 1947, about 1,800 were made, three-minute black-and-white films designed to be shown on Panorams, coin-operated film ...