Positions 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
 

ANDREA J. KELLEY is an assistant professor of media studies at Auburn University School of Communication and Journalism in Alabama.