Soundies: the Ultimate Collection - Soundies: the Ultimate Collection - Movies - Kino Lorber - 0738329262303 - July 25, 2023
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Soundies: the Ultimate Collection

Soundies: the Ultimate Collection

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Soundies: the Ultimate Collection

Soundies have been called the music videos of the 1940s, but that doesn't begin to describe their cultural importance. It's true that they feature a remarkable range of talent, from big-band luminaries like Duke Ellington and Count Basie to then-emerging stars like Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, and lesser-known artists of the American nightclub circuit. But Soundies are also a rich, largely overlooked chronicle of American popular culture during and just after World War II. Produced for coin-operated jukeboxes in neighborhood bars and taverns, Soundies have an uncanny way of revealing what Americans were thinking about topics that weren't discussed openly, from sexuality to ethnicity and race. Curated by Susan Delson, author of Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time, this four-disc collection presents a diverse sampling of 200 shorts-jazz, country-western, folk, and the boogie woogie roots of rock 'n' roll-newly restored from 35mm and 16mm materials preserved by the Library of Congress and other archives. Never have so many Soundies been celebrated in one collection, or presented with such care: thematically organized, accompanied by on-screen introductions and a booklet of essays, photos, and credits.

Media Movies     Blu-ray   (Blu-ray Disc)
Number of discs 4
Released July 25, 2023
EAN/UPC 0738329262303
Label Kino Lorber KINO26230BR
Genre Musical
Dimensions 141 × 169 × 16 mm   ·   184 g
Playtime 10:00:00
Region code Region 1   (Canada og USA)
Language English  
Subtitles English
Skuespiller Dorothy Dandridge
Skuespiller Gale Storm
Skuespiller Duke Ellington
Skuespiller Count Basie
Skuespiller Count Basie and His Orchestra
Skuespiller Gene Krupa