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1. This Love of Mine (1942)
3 min | Short, Musical
Cyd Charisse sings and dance with a coat when her partner leaves her to dance with someone else.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Stan Kenton, Cyd Charisse, Gary Leon, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
Votes: 12
2. Take the A-Train (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
Soundie of the Delta Rhythm Boys' version of the eponymous classic song, accompanied by some dancing beauties.
Director: Robert R. Snody | Stars: Delta Rhythm Boys, Lee Gaines, Traverse Crawford, Clinton Holland
Votes: 29
3. Pretty Women (1944)
10 min | Short, Musical, Western
This is a 16mm short made for "Soundies" distribution in 1944 and re-issued by Sack Amusements, in 16mm, in 1949 to theatres. It features San Antonio singer/band leader (Red River Dave) (... See full summary »
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Red River Dave, Ann Parker, Red River Boys
Votes: 23
4. Let Me Off Uptown (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Anita O'Day performs the hit song "Let Me Off Uptown", accompanied by Gene Krupa on drums and Roy Eldridge on trumpet.
Director: Robert R. Snody | Stars: Gene Krupa, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, Jeanne Bayer, Roy Eldridge
Votes: 62
5. Hollywood Funtime, Program 2 (1940)
47 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
Seventeen unrelated short films or movie clips mostly involving either Spanish-style music and dancing, erotica or burlesque.
Stars: Amalia Aguilar, Virginia Bell, Betty Blue, Carlos
6. A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Paul White and Dorothy Dandridge sing about the clothes they will wear to impress their "Sunday" beaux.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Paul White
Votes: 42
7. Swingin' at the Seance (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
One of thousands of 3-minute "Soundies", the forerunner of the music video, produced in the 1940s for video jukeboxes called a "Panoram".
Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Johnny Long and His Orchestra, Helen Young, Johnny Long
Votes: 56
8. Four or Five Times (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
In this "Soundie", Sister Rosetta Tharpe sings the title song while young couples do the Lindy Hop.
Director: John Primi | Stars: Lucky Millinder and His Band, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Winnie Johnson, Betti Mays
Votes: 20
9. Honeysuckle Rose (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
Fats Waller performs his hit surrounded by beautiful women in a 1940s version music video.
Director: Warren Murray | Stars: Fats Waller, Al Casey, Vivian Brown, Betti Mays
Votes: 17
10. Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? (1944)
3 min | Short, Music
The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: The King Cole Trio, Ida James, Nat 'King' Cole, Johnny Miller
Votes: 45
11. He's a Latin from Staten Island (1941)
2 min | Short, Musical
Director: John Primi | Star: Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 25
13. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
Unrated | 9 min | Short, Music
Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday
Votes: 279
14. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Delta Rhythm Boys, Traverse Crawford, Rene DeKnight, Lee Gaines
Votes: 9
15. Happy Landing (1943)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Irene Hawthorne, Marcheta, The June Taylor Dancers
16. I Want a Big Fat Mama (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: John Primi | Stars: Lucky Millinder, Winnie Johnson, Mable Lee, Betti Mays
Votes: 7
17. It's Been a Long Long Time (1945)
3 min | Short, Music
18. Take Me Back to Tulsa (1944)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Tex Williams, Spade Cooley, Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang, Carolina Cotton
19. Thanks for the Boogie Ride (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Stars: Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge, Anita O'Day
Votes: 10
20. I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Slim Andrews, The Fashionaires, Sibyl Rae
Votes: 10
21. Love's Gonna Be Rationed (1943)
3 min | Short, Music
War-time song that likens hugs, kisses and love to other commodities (e.g., gasoline, tires) that were rationed during WWII.
Director: William Forest Crouch | Star: The Song Spinners
Votes: 22
22. The Chool Song (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
A group of 18th century musicians are playing a Johann Sebastian Bach song and a couple is doing a stately dance, when the music suddenly switches to jitterbug, and the dancing couple really starts to swing.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: The King's Men, Dean Collins, Jewel McGowan
Votes: 42
23. Legs Ain't No Good (1942)
Short, Music
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Alice Barker, Edna Mae Harris, Bobo 'Slim' Thomas
24. Jam Session (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster
Votes: 359
25. Ana Lani (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
Sexy Hula dancers spice up Ray Kinney's early version of the music video with a Hawiaan-themed song.
Director: Arthur H. Leonard | Stars: Ray Kinney, Ray Kinney and His Orchestra, The Aloha Maids
Votes: 11
26. Bli-Bip (1942)
4 min | Short, Music
Marie Bryant and Paul White sing and dance in this 1942 "Soundie" with music by Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Marie Bryant, Paul White
Votes: 41
27. Tiger Rag (1943)
3 min | Short, Music
"Tiger Rag" starring Walter Liberace at the piano. Liberace plays a "double time, rhythm arrangement" of the title song while two attractive ladies watch in this Soundie.
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Liberace, Mildred Hughes, Cecilia Nielson
Votes: 29
30. A Little Jive Is Good for You (1941)
3 min | Short, Music
A nurse gets the wounded patients in her office up dancing when she sings about jive.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Martha Tilton, Henry Slate, Jack Slate, Sid Slate
Votes: 34
31. Deep in the Heart of Texas (II) (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Van Alexander and His Orchestra get into the cowboy mood with the classic song.
Director: Owen Murphy | Stars: Van Alexander, Lew Hearn, Phyllis Kenny
Votes: 16
32. My Baby Said Yes (1945)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Dave Gould | Stars: Eppy Pearson, Diana Webster
35. My Lost Horizon (1941)
3 min | Short, Musical
Director: Arthur H. Leonard | Stars: Les Brown, Doris Day
Votes: 16
36. Wabash Cannon Ball (1946)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Dave Gould | Stars: Carolina Cotton, Deuce Spriggins, Hank Penny, Rudy Sooter
37. Minnie the Moocher (1942)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Music
This Soundie shows Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing the title song.
Stars: Cab Calloway, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Votes: 62
38. Southern Scandal (1946)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Stan Kenton, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
41. A Knife, a Fork and a Spoon (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: The Fashionaires, Billy Reed
42. Clink! Clink! Another Drink (1942)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Mel Blanc
Votes: 16
43. The Moon of Mona Koora (1945)
3 min | Comedy, Short, Music
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Betty Bradley, Aggie Auld, Emil Baffa and his Orchestra, Eddie Baffa
45. Lovely Hula Hands (1944)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Dave Gould | Stars: Tela Mansfield, Thelma Leinani, Al McIntire, Al McIntire's Hawaiians
46. Study in Brown (1944)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Ben K. Blake | Stars: Reg Kehoe and His Marimba Queens, Reg Kehoe
Votes: 7
47. Boxcar Rhapsody (1943)
3 min | Short, Music
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals, Borrah Minevitch
49. Back in the Saddle Again (1942)
3 min | Short, Music, Musical
In this Soundie, a cowboy, accompanied by other cowboys and cowgirls as a chorus, sings "Back in the Saddle Again Again", popularized by its co-writer, Gene Autry. Through the work house ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Berne | Star: Dick Thomas
Votes: 17
50. Five Salted Peanuts (1945)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: The Counts and the Countess, John Faire, Alma Smith, Curtis Wilder