Scopitone Socks
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: Great song. Fake ski chalet. Amazed that they didn't find an excuse to have bikinis in this one. Even after Bobby Rydell's best efforts, I'm still not sure what "Bellaza" means... From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1043. 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: 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: Damita Jo sings Silver Dollar. It used to only be a silver dime but... inflation. Damita Jo makes sure you know that a woman never knows what a sweet man she's got until she turns him down. Then she starts making analogies about what a man without a woman is like. I'm not sure about a few of them but overall I think she makes her point! From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1037. 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: Sonny King gets doused with water when his wife leaves him for putting letters on her underwear. In fact, there's a lot of underwear flashing in this one. He gets back at her in threesome and putting letters on the blanket. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1033. 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.
Description: Gary Lewis and the Playboys Perform Little Miss Go-Go. From an original "table tent" design. Scopitone S-1063. 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.
