Scopitone Artist Links
- Billy Eckstine
- Billy Lee Riley
- Bobby Rydell
- Bobby Vee
- Brook Benton
- Buddy Greco
- Claude Francois
- Claude Nougaro
- Danny Whitten
- Danyel Gerard
- Della Reese
- Delta Rhythm Boys
- Dion
- Ethel Ennis
- France Gall
- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Françoise Hardy
- Gale Garnett
- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- Jacques Dutronc
- James Darren
- Jody Miller
- Johnny Hallyday
- Joi Lansing
- Julie London
- Kay Starr
- Les Charlots
- Les Surfs
- Lesley Gore
- Lou Rawls
- Merle Kilgore
- Michel Polnareff
- Nancy Sinatra
- Neil Sedaka
- Nino Tempo & April Stevens
- Paul Anka
- Richard Anthony
- Sylvie Vartan
- The Exciters
- The Tornados
- Timi Yuro
- Vic Damone
- Vince Taylor
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Damita Jo: Very Best of Damita Jo
Debbie Reynolds: Debbie/Am I That Easy to Forget
Danny Whitten "Land Of A Thousand Dances"
Danny Whitten "Land Of A Thousand Dances".mov
Danny Whitten "Land Of A Thousand Dances".m4v
Danny Whitten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Danny Ray Whitten (May 8, 1943 - November 18, 1972) was an American musician and songwriter best known for his work with Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and for the song "I Don't Want To Talk About It", a hit for Rita Coolidge and Rod Stewart."
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"Queen Of The House" by Jody Miller
"Queen Of The House" by Jody Miller (Scopitone).mov
"Queen Of The House" by Jody Miller (Scopitone).m4v
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From The Wikipedia: "Jody Miller (November 29, 1941) is a country music singer. Miller was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Oklahoma. Discovered by actor Dale Robertson, she began her career in the early 1960's as a folk/pop singer, singing in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series. She released her first album on Capitol Records in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year with "He Walks Like a Man". In 1965 she released an answer record to Roger Miller's blockbuster hit "King of the Road" titled "Queen of the House" which became her signature hit, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 5 on the country singles chart. Miller won the Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song in 1966". Link.
"Da Carosone a Cosa Nostra. Gli antenati del videoclip-From Carosone to Cosa Nostra. Ancestors of the music video"
Italian Cinebox and Scopitone expert Michele Bovi has an amazing new book
out on the history of the film jukebox. It's written in Italian with an
English translation (the photo captions are just in Italian, though).
It's a very thorough history of the invention and marketing of the competing "film jukeboxes" with interviews of inventors, executives, producers, directors, and the artists who appeared in the films.
There's a bunch of interesting tidbits about folks such as Debbie Reynolds (her production company made many of the US Scopitones), Francis Ford Coppola (who lost a small fortune he invested in the new technology), Robert Altman (who directed at least one Scopitone film), as well as details about the US Scopitones business's extensive ties to the mafia.
There are hundreds of great photos,
film stills and reproductions of Cinebox and Scopitone ephemera along
with lists of films produced etc. Bob Orlowsky of The Scopitone Archive has an extended section detailing the history of the machines in the US. It's a must have for any serious Cinebox and Scopitone fan. Buy "Da Carosone a Cosa Nostra. Gli antenati del videoclip-From Carosone to Cosa Nostra. Ancestors of the music video"
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Scopitone Photos
"Some pictures you might like to use on your site. I took these at London's Hayward Gallery a while ago in 1994 when there was an exhibition of optical illusions. I think the owner was Swiss. Half the machine was full of porn films. One of them can be seen in one of the small pics! A good example though and in good condition.
I know of two owners in the UK with working machines. And there are a few more I know of in various states of repair. I run the British Jukebox Owner's forum on Yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bjoforum/join
Regards, John"
More Photos after the jump....
"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (Scopitone).mov
"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (Scopitone).m4v
I've heard this is directed by Robert Altman but can't seem to find any info on that on the internets...can anyone confirm?
UPDATE: Bob Orlowsky of the
Scopitone Archive has the scoop (of course): "Hey Spike, I saw your
question about Altman and Bittersweet Samba. If you do a Google search
for Altman Color-Sonics Fortier, you'll find a PDF file from a college
film seminar on Altman, which has an interview with Altman that
includes a brief reference to a film that is clearly Bittersweet Samba:
"Q:
While you were waiting for your break into features, you made some
comic short films, three of which you’ve occasionally allowed people to
see: The Kathryn Reed Story, a birthday present for your wife; The
Party, with Robert Fortier as a hapless guest at a very 1960s party,
one of a projected series of juke-box movies called ColorSonics; and
Pot au feu, a parody of a TV cookery programme explaining the recipe
for a perfect marijuana joint.
A: I did those just for myself.
They were unfinanced, just bringing together a few friends, borrowing a
camera, and so on. But because of one of those films I got hired to do
M*A*S*H: Ingo Preminger looked at Pot au feu and loved it, so it served
its purpose."
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