Someone is playing the piano, while a bunch of pretty showgirls are optically printed in this very early soundie intended to make the medium seem classy. Future score composer David Raksin is involved somewhere in the process.

Soundies were what we'd call music videos these days. Printed on a reel of ten soundies, they'd go out for a week to be installed in a video jukebox called a Mills Panoram. Drop in a dime, and you'd get one three-minute song.

The music genre features stories showcasing musical performances, music-related documentaries and recordings of live concerts and music festivals.

Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)

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Dorothy Janice in Grand Pianos and Gals (1941)

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Mills Piano Quartette and Dorothy Janice in Grand Pianos and Gals (1941)

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