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- SoundtracksI'm Coming Virginia
Music by Donald Heywood
Lyrics by William Cook (as Will Marion Cook)
Performed by Aileen Shirley and the Minoco Maids of Melody
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Aileen Shirley & The Minoco Maids Of Melody -- ahem -- perform the title song in this swing soundie.
Soundies were short films, usually around three minutes long. They were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram. These musical jukeboxes might be found in bars or night clubs or factory lounges. Put in a dime and get one of ten shorts that would be changed weekly. Between 1940 and 1946, Mills and other companies produced over two thousand of these movies. They featured performers who might be looking for more publicity or who were at the beginning of their careers. Well-known personalities whose first screen appearances were in the soundies include Doris Day and Dorothy Dandridge.
Give that rate of production, they were frequently slapdash affairs, and this is one of the slappiest. You might notice that it's all clearly synchronized for a soundtrack, and Miss Shirley's outfit varies from evening gown to spangly bustiere from moment to moment.
Soundies were short films, usually around three minutes long. They were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram. These musical jukeboxes might be found in bars or night clubs or factory lounges. Put in a dime and get one of ten shorts that would be changed weekly. Between 1940 and 1946, Mills and other companies produced over two thousand of these movies. They featured performers who might be looking for more publicity or who were at the beginning of their careers. Well-known personalities whose first screen appearances were in the soundies include Doris Day and Dorothy Dandridge.
Give that rate of production, they were frequently slapdash affairs, and this is one of the slappiest. You might notice that it's all clearly synchronized for a soundtrack, and Miss Shirley's outfit varies from evening gown to spangly bustiere from moment to moment.
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- boblipton
- Jul 7, 2023
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- Runtime3 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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