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 Films
Part I Small Screen Encounters and Spatial Practices
1 The Look-Listening Machine: The Panoram Jukebox and New Screen Practices
2 The Sites of Soundies: The Dynamics of Space and Screen
3 Mobilizing Space: The Panoram goes to War
Part II Short Forms and Enduring Formations
4 Up Close and Personal: The Shifting Aesthetics of the Jukebox Short
5 "A Swing Half Breed": Soundies' Hybrid Identities and Raced Attractions
6 Post War Screens: Soundies on TV and the Rehash of the Film Jukebox
Conclusion: Short and Sweet: Rescaling Screen Culture
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index