Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

Synopsis

Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies. First appearing in 1941, these three minute black-and-white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz and Swing era, like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, The Mills Brothers, Les Paul, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller. The Soundies helped launch the careers of Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Liberace, and Dorothy Dandridge, among others. Viewed for a dime through a special machine called a Panoram, a movie jukebox, these forerunners to the music video could be seen in nightclubs, roadhouses, restaurants and other public venues across the U.S. These classic films remain as glorious time capsules of music, social history, popular culture, and tell the story of a crossroads in our country, when the uncertainties of war, race relations, and emerging technologies combined to write one of the most influential chapters in our nation¹s history.

Main Cast

Michael Feinstein

Host

Age : 67 | Popularity : 7%

Leonard Maltin

Self

Age : 73 | Popularity : 7%

Les Paul

Self

Age : 94 | Popularity : 3%

Hugh Hefner

Self

Age : 91 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Michael Feinstein
Production	Producer	Antonia Lianos
	Supervising Producer	Jennifer Sneider
	Executive Producer	Jay Boberg Chris Lamson
Writing	Writer	Jennifer Sneider Chris Lamson
Directing	Director	Chris Lamson
Department	Role	Name

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