Beschreibung:
This is the first and only book to position what are called ""Soundies"" within the broader cultural and technological milieu of the 1940s. Examining the dynamics between Soundies' short musical films, the Panoram's film-jukebox technology, their screening spaces and their popular discourse, Andrea J. Kelley provides an integrative approach to historic media exhibition.
Introduction: Soundies Jukebox FilmsPart I Small Screen Encounters and Spatial Practices1 The Look-Listening Machine: The Panoram Jukebox and New Screen Practices2 The Sites of Soundies: The Dynamics of Space and Screen3 Mobilizing Space: The Panoram goes to WarPart II Short Forms and Enduring Formations4 Up Close and Personal: The Shifting Aesthetics of the Jukebox Short5 "A Swing Half Breed": Soundies' Hybrid Identities and Raced Attractions6 Post War Screens: Soundies on TV and the Rehash of the Film JukeboxConclusion: Short and Sweet: Rescaling Screen CultureAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex