Faith Bacon dances around wearing a tiny, spangly thong bikini (it wasn't called that back then), obscuring the details with a big piece of sheer black cloth in this soundie.
Soundies were short films, usually about three minutes in length, meant to be played on a sort of musical jukebox called a Mills Panoram. Usually you got a song performed by a singer or group which might later become prominent; Doris Day got her start on screen in soundies, as did Dorothy Dandridge.
Not all of them were songs. There were comedy acts, and burlesque acts like this one; Mills had intended them to offer a variety-show-like assortment. Since the majority of the devices were located in bars and night clubs, this looks appropriate.
Soundies were short films, usually about three minutes in length, meant to be played on a sort of musical jukebox called a Mills Panoram. Usually you got a song performed by a singer or group which might later become prominent; Doris Day got her start on screen in soundies, as did Dorothy Dandridge.
Not all of them were songs. There were comedy acts, and burlesque acts like this one; Mills had intended them to offer a variety-show-like assortment. Since the majority of the devices were located in bars and night clubs, this looks appropriate.
