Dude Cowboy
- 1946
- 3m
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Funny Song
Red River Dave and Rosalie Allen sing a mocking western swing song in this late soundie.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
When the Mills company had set up their machines and production facilities in 1940, they had estimated there would eventually be about 30,000 of them nationwide. The Second World War got in the way of manufacturing, so the number never much exceeded 3,000. By 1946, the threat of television meant that the entire business model would not work, so they ended production. It would take another 35 years until MTV began airing to make music videos a viable form again.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
When the Mills company had set up their machines and production facilities in 1940, they had estimated there would eventually be about 30,000 of them nationwide. The Second World War got in the way of manufacturing, so the number never much exceeded 3,000. By 1946, the threat of television meant that the entire business model would not work, so they ended production. It would take another 35 years until MTV began airing to make music videos a viable form again.
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- boblipton
- Jul 16, 2023
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- Runtime3 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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