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THIS IS THE FILM PAGE SECTION - THE DVD SECTION OF MUSICALS IS ON THE Music on DVD
| Used prints are rated (i.e. Vg-Ex, L.N. etc.) Soundies are 1/3-r (approximately 100') unless otherwise indicated. | |
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ALL-GIRL MELODY MAKERS
Dave Schoeler and his all-girl Orchestra (21 Swinghearts) in "Tchaikowskiana", "
16mm / sof /
b & w print from Castle Films.....Ex shape original, ...........$10.
ALL-GIRL MELODY MAKERS
Dave Schoeler and his all-girl Orchestra (21 Swinghearts) in Pavane"
16mm / sof /
b & w print from Castle Films.....Ex shape original..........$10.
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AFRO MOOD
w/ Amelia Aguilara Exotic dancing and gyrating by Amelia Aguilar 16mm/ Sound / b & w / (approx. 100')...............................20 |
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BLUE TAHITIAN WATER
Hawaiian dancing girls in a swing era musical soundie
16mm / Sound / b & w ......Ex
shape.....................................................$10.
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D, E, F
| JOHNNY FARMAPPLE CLOWN BAND | |
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pics coming soon. 16mm/Sound / b & w / approx 100' film ./ Ex-LN shape ..............$35.
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GAY RANCHERO
Luba Malina in a big band era Latin rhythm soundie from the 1940's.
16mm / sof / b & w / approximately 100' /
original print / Ex-L.N. shape............$15.
THE GREAT BIG SAW CAME NEARER AND NEARER
featuring Red River Dave (McEnery) with Cindy Walker
This may be one of the longest soundies titles ever from the most prolific
cowboy entertainer in soundies history (14 titles). Old time silent movie buffs
will get a kick out of this parody of the "Perils of Pauline" serial thrillers
of the mello drama days as the girl is tied to the infamous buzz saw in a lumber
factory while the villain bargains with her!
16mm / sof / b & w / approximately 100' /
original print from Official Films normal titles / Ex-L.N. shape............$30.
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HILLBILLY
HOOSE-GOW* featuring Tom Emerson in a hillbilly jail break song spoof. 16mm/sof approx 100-feet.........................$15. |
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I'M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW featuring Herbie Kay and his
Orchestra
vocal by Ellen Connor
16mm/Sound / b & w / approx 100-fee/
complete with Official opening titles and end/ Ex-LN shape.................15.
IRISH MELODIES "A Bit of Blarney"
Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and the University Chorus perform along with some
cops in a police station sing a series of Irish melody favorites including
"It's
the Same Old Shillelagh", "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" and
"Too Ra Loo Ra
Loo Ral".
16mm / Sound
/ b & w / 400-foot-reel edition from Castle Films / top
shape but no end title...............................$20.
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IRISH SONGS by CLARK DENNIS Clark Dennis sings five melodies including some Irish favorites ; "Molly O'Reilly", "Hello Patsy Fegin" , "Rose of Tralee", "How Can You Buy Kilarnee?", and "Tenderly". 16mm / Sound / b & w / 600-foot-reel edition from Snader / top shape ..............................$25. |
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JOLSON SINGS AGAIN starring Larry Parks as Al Jolson
Columbia digest of the sequel to "The Jolson Story" picks up where the
original left off. Jolson's wife leaves him and he goes into a career slump
until he entertains the troops during W.W. 2. Various problems are highlighted
in this fictionalized story of the entertainer's life before he makes a
remarkable come-back. Columbia wisely gives most of the footage to his songs
which include; "Is It True What they Say About Dixie?", "For Me and My Gal",
"Back in Your Own Back Yard", "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover", "Give My
Regards To Broadway", "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Baby Face", "After You've
Gone", "Sonny Boy", "Toot Toot Tootsie", "Carolina In the Morning", "Rock a Bye
Your Baby with a Dixie Melody".
Super 8mm Sound /
Color / 400-foot reel digest edition from Columbia Pictures/ L.N.
shape / ................$25.
JUMPING BEAN
A big band era Latin rhythm soundie featuring Isabelita. Reverse image original
print soundie.
16mm / sof / approx 100' / Ex
shape....................$15.
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KOO KOO KORRESPONDENCE SKOOL
This title will blow out my spellcheck but that's the title! Jefferson MacNamer
was a popular newspaper cartoonist who enjoyed a brief career as the star of
some of these musical swing era comedies that basically featured him doing his
sketches of leggy girls and incorporating some musical numbers as well such as
one bouncy swing tune called "Me, Myself and I". Good swing era music
throughout. A TV station title has been added on to the start of the film and a
generic end title added as the film fades out. Other than a normal amount of
inconsequential splices, the print is in good shape for it's age. No major
lines, etc.
16mm Sound / b & w / original soundie from
Educational Studios................used but decent.
shape...$35.
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LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD Featuring The Korn Cobblers 16mm / sof / b& w / approx 100 feet / original print / Castle Films titles..ends slightly abrupt otherwise like news sharp original with great sound.. shape...............$20. |
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LITTLE NELL
featuring The Rondoliers
16mm / sof / b & w / reverse titles soundie
/ approx 100' / in
Ex-L.N. shape..........$40
MacNAMARA'S BAND
featuring Mitchell Ayers and his Orchestra with Tommy Taylor singing this Irish
favorite.
16mm / sof / b & w / Castle Music album original print
/ approx 100' / in
Ex-L.N. shape..........$15
MURDER IN SWINGTIME (1930's)
Les Hite and his orchestra with red hot mama singer June Richmond in a fantasy
musical with some hot swing era songs and dances. A real prime period piece!
A few pre-print splices were in this Thunderbird Films release but otherwise
sharp fine grain picture quality, probably from 35mm source material and a good
strong re-recorded sound track.
16mm Sound / b & w / 1-reeler (approx 400')
/ L.N. shape............................................$95.
MUSICAL STAIRS (1940's)
featuring Saul Grauman's Stair-A-Tone
16mm Sound / b & w / approx 100')
/ L.N. shape............................................$45.
MY GAL SAL (3-9-41) The Eaton Boys in an old time tune set in the
late 1890's era / original print from Castle Films
16mm/sof) / approximately 100-feet / one
splice otherwise like new shape / ..........$15.
N, O, P
NEGRO IN ENTERTAINMENT
This is a short
documentary sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes featuring legendary black
performers such as Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller,
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Marion Anderson and many others from the field of
jazz, opera, ballet, tap dance, etc.
Super 8mm / Sound
/ b & w / running time 10 minutes / Ex-L.N. shape.............$20.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
theme sung by Liza Minelli / This famous theme song sung complete by Liza
Minelli features her on stage while silent clips from the movie are inserted. A
cross between a soundie and a trailer that works quite well.
Super 8mm /
Sound / Color /
running time about 3 minutes / Ex-LN shape .............$12.
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NO CAN DO The Dinning Sisters in an exotic soundie mixing their fine harmony with a Latin-beat rhythm. (16mm/sof) b & w / approx. 100' / Ex shape.........$15. |
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| PENNIES FROM
HEAVEN starring Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong with Edith Fellows, Donald Meek and Madge Evans Bing plays a drifter who befriends an orphaned girl and her grandfather. Plenty of classic music from Bing and Satch in this Columbia digest of the original feature. Super 8mm Sound / b& w / approx 400 feet / ..............$20. |
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Q, R, S
THE ROSE starring
Bette Midler and Alan Bates- This is virtually a non-stop musical highlights
digest of the feature film. The big hits from this film include "When A Man
Loves A Woman", "Fire Down Below" and many others
Super 8mm /
Sound / Color /
400-foot-reel edition / colors still in good shape / L.N. shape
.....................$20.
THE SINGING HILLS (6-16-41) featuring the Arthur Johnson Singers
in a Castle Films soundie
(16mm/sof) original print approx
100' ..........$15.
| ST. LOUIS BLUES
starring Bessie Smith This is her only film appearance as the legendary blues singer sings the classic W. C. Handy signature tune "St. Louis Blues" in what can only be described as a two-reel jazz operetta. Set in an urban rooming house where the chief occupation for men is dice game gambling, Bessie deals with her lover when his faithlessness keeps rearing it's head (no pun intended). Thinking he has come back to her she perks up but he merely needs money from her then flees again. This simple story situation provides the atmosphere and setting for Bessie to belt out the St. Louis Blues" as she was famous for. Super 8mm / Sound / 400-foot-reel edition / Blackhawk Films release / L.N. shape .....................$25. |
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| STEPHEN FOSTER
HISTORICAL MUSIC SERIES STEPHEN FOSTER'S OLD FOLKS AT HOME Produced and directed by J. Richard Westen; Featuring Ken Darby and The King's Men, with: Donn Reed (Stephen Foster), Joy Gwynell (Jane Foster), Mary Worth (Mrs. Foster), Fred Fox (Mr. Foster), Paul Theodore ( Morrison Foster), Mary Martin (Mrs. O'Hara), Joe Weston (Mr. Firth), J. Courtland Lytton (Mr. Pond), Paul Arnold (Mr. Jackson). This entertaining short subject is an episode from a rarely seen 12 part series about America's first troubadour, Stephen Foster. Each entry presents picturesque scenes from Foster's life as they relate to his timeless compositions, interspersed with musical performances of his songs by the male quartet, The King's Men. Stephen Foster "discovers" the Swanee river and perpetuates it in this moving melody as one of the most famous rivers of all time. The film touches on Foster's decision to give minstrel impresario E. P. Christy the exclusive right to premiere his compositions, going so far as to sell him the right to be known as the author of "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), a move Foster would forever regret. 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / used shape occasional splices & lines......................$20. STEPHEN FOSTER'S NELLY BLY The happiness of the first year of Stephen Foster's marriage and his joy upon the advent of his first child are reflected in his gay and rollicking ballad of Nelly's misadventure 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / .....................$20. STEPHEN FOSTER'S NELLY WAS A LADY Stephen Foster at 21 is inspired by Old Zeke's romance to write the song which, by its enthusiastic public reception, led him to quit the bookkeeping job he hated and embark upon a career in music. 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / .....................$20. STEPHEN FOSTER'S MASSA'S IN THE COLD COLD GROUND On a visit to Tennessee Stephen Foster hears and puts to music a tale of affection and devotion which is a well loved classic of pathos and harmony. 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / Ex shape....................$20. STEPHEN FOSTER'S WHERE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING Stephen Foster writes and dedicates his most ambitious melodic composition to his mother, in loving memory of her devotion, faith and constant encouragement of his aspirations in music 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / .....................$20. STEPHEN FOSTER'S OH SUSANNA This is the only color episode available at present. 16mm/ Sound / COLOR / 600-foot-reel music short / Vg-Ex shape.....................$130. STEPHEN FOSTER'S BEAUTIFUL DREAMER This is the final entry in the series. Broke, ill and living alone in new York, a dying Stephen Foster is inspired to write one last great hit song, "Beautiful Dreamer". 16mm/ Sound / B & W / 600-foot-reel music short / .....................$20. |
KENNETH SPENCER - FOLK SONGS & SPIRITUALS (1930's)
Basso-singer Kenneth Spencer with a piano accompanist sings a variety of
traditional folks songs.
16mm/ Sound / B & W / 400-foot-reel music short / L..N.
shape.......................$35.
SWEET AND LOVELY featuring Mr. Personality himself, Harry Cool in
a big band era musical soundie romance ballad / no opening titles but song is
complete
16mm / Sound b & w / original / Ex shape / approx 100' .............................$10.
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THAT'S A LOT OF SCHICKELGRUBER
featuring Don Gautier in a World War 2 Hitler parody song
16mm/ Sound / b & w / reverse titles /
original print in Ex shape......................................$40.
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THERE'S A HOLE IN THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET Florence Gill with Red Harper and The Sells in a hillbilly comedy song with an old granny who sings like a chicken-clucking! Corny as it gets! 16mm/ Sound / b & w / original print / Excellent-Like new shape with good sound.....................................$15. |
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VAMOS A GOZAR
Varios and Vida in a musical soundie from the swing era of the 1940's with a
Latin rhythm style with Herbert Curbelo and his orchestra.
16mm / sof / b & w original print / Ex-LN
shape ..................$15.
YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (1942)
starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
Also featuring Adolph Menjou and Xavier Cugat. A well-done professionally edited
edition from Columbia about a hotel tycoon who tries to keep his daughter happy
with fake romance but the plan backfires when real love blossoms. A Jerome Kern
score adds to the delight of this musical.
Super 8mm Sound
/ original box / Ex-L.N
shape.......................................................$15.
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A Revised and
Expanded Guide by Scott MacGillivray & Ted Okuda Book Description "Soundies" were the granddaddies of music videos: single-song musical movies that played in special jukeboxes during the 1940s. Some of the biggest musical stars (and stars of the future) appeared in these films: Louis Armstrong, Spike Jones, Liberace, Fats Waller, Stan Kenton, Cab Calloway, and many others. Thanks to Soundies, hundreds of unique musical performances were photographed for posterity. These mini-musicals were originally nothing more than a ten-cent novelty. Today, to film and music fans, they're a priceless part of history. |
Scott MacGillivray and Ted Okuda, authors of the
landmark resource book The Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, now
offer this revised and expanded guide to the Soundies musicals. This all-new
book picks up where the original left off: more than 1800 titles are classified
by performer, title, and date-many with new, individual annotations and all with
new cross-references for easy reading and consultation. There is also a
historical account of the prolific Soundies production companies, a look at
Soundies' many competitors and descendants (including telescriptions and
Scopitones), a checklist of the dozens of Soundies home-movie editions, and a
listing of alternate titles to help collectors
identify the films more easily. All in one handy volume: The Soundies Book.
About the Author(s)
Scott MacGillivray wrote Castle Films: A Hobbyist’s Guide, Laurel & Hardy: From
the Forties Forward, & (with Jan MacGillivray) Gloria Jean: A Little Bit of
Heaven. Ted Okuda wrote The Monogram Checklist, Charlie Chaplin at Keystone and
Essanay (with David Maska), and Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows (with Mark Yurkiw)
You can order this book at your local book store or on
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The ISBN number for this book is 0-595-67969-2
