Blu-ray Review: Soundies – The Ultimate Collection
Often referred to the music videos of the 1940’s, soundies were produced during 1940 to 1946 to be seen on self-contained, coin operated16mm rear projection machines called Panorams and only cost ten cents to use. They were in bars, restaurants and other public places. Soundies offered various musical styles from country and western to Russian […]
Stormy Weather (Blu-ray)
In the 1930’s and ‘40s, when the South was segregated and racism was an accepted practice, most black entertainers were pigeonholed into small, cartoonish roles in comedies and musicals. All black films were a rarity, but two musicals—MGM’s Cabin in the Sky and 20th Century-Fox’s Stormy Weather-–released seven months apart in 1943, finally gave some […]