Rcm Productions Movies

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

R.C.M. Soundie

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".

Yvonne De Carlo sings herself to sleep, in her dreams she dances with a Latin dancer. She awakes to sing again.

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date.

Princess Aloha & Andy Iona's Orchestra in Hilo Hattie.

Ozzie Nelson takes us along for a typical day for a bandleader.

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

Smoke' Wells sings "I Got Her in the Mail."

A college girl (Bonnie Kildare) dreams of her boyfriend (Johnny Downs) as he sings her a love song. The song begins at graduation ceremony and...

Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy".

Harry Langdon lip syncs the title song and interacts with models.

Carolina Cotton Yodeling with the Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang.

1942 Soundies musical short

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

Ancestors of music videos, YANKEE DOODLER, ROSIE THE RIVETER, and DEAR ARABELLA were made during World War II for coin-operated jukebox devices found...

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."