Sleazy Mugs
Description: Joi Lansing does the song The Silencers, from the movie of the same name with Dean Martin. The scopitone starts out with her singing about .22s and .38s and then she pulls a gun out on the audience. A moment later she puts it in her pocket, takes off her trenchcoat and shows off her REAL secret weapon. Some obligatory bikini dancing in this one. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1053. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Jayne Mansfield sings in SnickSnack Snuckelchen, the movie that asks the question "VAS?" I think the answer is that question is "der flotte ist in Hamburg, baby!" Parody design based upon the advertisements of the time. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Hanna Ahroni singing Padam, Padam! Sung in French ("padam, padam" isn't a word, it's the sound of your heartbeat) this is actually pretty classy for a scopitone. If you like Paris, you'll love Robaire's! Located right next to the strip club. Film S-1035. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Princess Leilani appears in this scopitone film of Smouldering Drums. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1042. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: The girls arrive at the lake party in a VW bus as the men finish their sproinging practice for the fun to come. Shayne Wallace (AKA Shani Wallis) sings about men... tall ones, small ones, etc... and blesses them all. This song probably originated with British personnel in India in 1880 but really became popular in WWII. The song is well done by Shani (or is it Shayne?) even though the video includes the "look what I caught fishing" bikini gag. The scopitone ends with the women leaving in their VW bus. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1028. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Barry Young's One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart is an example of that very narrow musical genre, the Cheating Song. This is the premier scopitone cheating song and the film does it justice. Barry sings about being married but wishes he wasn't. Features the Ol' Ball And Chain and it isn't a good advetisement for Wheaties! From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1040.
Description: Joi Lansing sings Web of Love as a guy in a snake costume slither arounds, a witch doctor jumps about (same guy) and several women who clearly are not from equatorial climes do some back up dancing. Very sultry. A retro design; so far as I know there was never a table tent for scopitone S-1057. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Kay Starr sings Around The World In 80 Days. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1010. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Ethel Ennis sings "I've Got That Feeling!" From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1039. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Gale Garnett describes traveling around the world to find happiness and finding out about the geography of Hell along the way. It's OK though.... she's known as a sport! A retro design; so far as I know there was never a table tent for scopitone S-1045. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: January Jones sings That Old Gang of Mine. Wow. Really? You know we can't go on a trip to the cemetery just to dig up your old friends. She sings about giving up her furs, diamonds and pearls to see that old gang one more time but says nothing about bikinis. BIKINIS, bikinis, bikinis! From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1015. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Donna Theodore sings Experience Unnecessary, discussing how she'll settle for a guy who doesn't necessarily know what he's doing. The dancing by the couples in this film also proves the adage that newlywed couples only need one pair set of pajamas between the two of them. "She wants a man, not a mouse." Although not a terribly well-known name these days, Donna Theodore was an experienced entertainer in the 1960s, playing the Copacabana, the Fountainebleau Hotel, the Fairmont Hotel, and the El San Juan in Puerto Rico. Later she had a career in Broadway to some success. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1066. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced.
Description: Joi Lansing sings Web of Love as a guy in a snake costume slither arounds, a witch doctor jumps about (same guy) and several women who clearly are not from equatorial climes do some back up dancing. Very sultry. A retro design; so far as I know there was never a table tent for scopitone S-1057. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Sue Raney performs Before the Rain. Lots of lying down in the grass in the Astroturf Gardens while cards get washed down the gutters. Thankfully, the backup dancers never have to dress down for the beach! From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1036. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Vicki Carr belts out "Everything I've got belongs to you" in a film which includes really unrealistic street fighting scenes. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1038. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Jody Mitchell sings The Race Is On! A retro design; so far as I know there was never a table tent for scopitone S-1023. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Listen to Gale Garnett singing about a guy called Small Potatoes. I've watched this one a hundred times and I have yet to see a single potato. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1070. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Donna Theodore performs Femininity, which starts with some guys undressing her with their eyes... or something. She doesn't understand why she always ends up on that bearskin rug while she's setting a Scopitone record for outfirst worn in a single production. Femininity! Scopitone S-1056. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1034. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Frankie Randall sings about a yellow-haired woman who came in on the last train from Memphis. The train design was as confusing as the trio of dancers jumping around town wearing nothing but yellow boots, tight blue pants, arm garters and a dickie... which as you can imagine was really inconvenient for the female member of the troupe. Alas, the local sheriff's brief romance with the yellow-haired woman ends with the sheriff, assisted, by the woman who is still not wearing a proper shirt, pulling the woman off to the pokey by a rope... guilty of being blonde under false pretenses. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1032.
Description: The Hondells perform Sea Cruise. On a boat. Naturally. In the film they catch a mermaid before they even leave the dock! Mostly it's about girls dancing in bikinis on deck... oh, and that's not how you use semaphore. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1034. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
Description: Nino Tempe and April Stevens belt out this cool one. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1068. Scopitones are music films made for a video jukebox in the 1960s. There were over 70 American ones produced and hundreds of European ones, featuring well-known artists of the time.
