Showing posts with label Scopitone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scopitone. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Morning Music Video: The Tornados' "Telstar"

Okay, so it's technically a (little-seen) Scopitone, but any day that starts with the alien sounds of a Joe Meek production is bound to be a good one, right?




Thursday, November 13, 2014

Catherine Elia sings "Goldfinger" in French in this 1965 Scopitone

It'd be tough to argue that anyone but Shirley Bassey has the definitive version of the James Bond theme song "Goldfinger," but Catherine Elia takes an admirable stab at it, even though she looks kind of worried throughout this vintage Scopitone.  Maybe she's not too sure about who's driving the car she's posing in.








Friday, October 24, 2014

Watch This Thing - Joi Lansing is trapped! In the "Web of Love!"

I do love some Scopitones, the music video predecessor that were popular in the '60s and are mostly viewed as a curiosity today. But there are some amazing ones, like this amazing video for Joi Lansing's "Web of Love," that allows Lansing to wring out every facial movement possible out of every single lyric.