Storyline: Soundies A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein 2007 Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies First appearing in 1941, these three minute black and white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz and Swing era, like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, The Mills Brothers, Les Paul, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller The Soundies helped launch the careers of Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Liberace, and Dorothy Dandridge, among others Viewed for a dime through a special machine called a Panoram, a movie jukebox, these forerunners to the music video could be seen in nightclubs, roadhouses, restaurants and other public venues across the U S These classic films remain as glorious time capsules of music, social history, popular culture, and tell the story of a crossroads in our country, when the uncertainties of war, race relations, and emerging technologies combined to write one of the most influential chapters in our nations history
Lust and Revenge (1996)
A man in need of a tax write off decides to let his useless daughter supervise a sculpture donation
Dead Money (2024)
Professional poker player Andy and his girlfriend Chloe are involved in a crazy 24 hours after a home poker game is robbed Andy finds up playing the largest poker game of his life as both of their lives are in danger
Mayhem (2017)
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)
A female FBI agent befriends a woman and her adorable, young, special needs son who live in the countryside The womens friendship soon turns into romance but family secrets complicate things
Unfrosted The Pop Tart Story (2024)
Michigan 1963, business rivals Kelloggs and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever
night, Mother (1986)
Mother and daughter Thelma and Jessie Cates spend a night together after Jessie reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it in this cinema adaptation of Marsha Normans Pulitzer prize winning Broadway play
Broken Ties (2023)
Selma and Madison are sisters, after the death of their mother, the girls went their separate ways Madison live a Fairy Tale life with her husband and their Daughter Whereas Selma faces brutal abuse from her perfect husband
Smitty (2012)
A mischievous thirteen year old crosses paths with a lovable mutt named Smitty, and with help from the unlikely canine companion, learns the importance of friendship, family and responsibility
To Life! (2014)
Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a
The Last September (1999)
In the heart of a young woman, lies a secret that divides a nation
Contorted (2022)
After tragedy, a family moves to a new house outside of the city, only to find the house was cheap due to unorthodox reasons
I Do (2012)
A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U S He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get complicated wh
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school
Afterwards (2008)
Newly divorced lawyer Nathan Del Amico is shaken up after he meets a doctor who claims that he can sense when select people are about to die