LOOP Presents: Soundies! (16mm/B&W/Color/Sound/80 min.)

A full reel of Soundies and Scopitones films from some of the most exciting and obscure female recording stars, plus...

Calling All Girls (1942)
The first few minutes of this short show the process that studios use to select girls to be members of the chorus line in movie musicals. The following numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented: "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) ; "Shadow Waltz" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); and "By a Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade (1933).

Director: Jean Negulesco (uncredited)
Writer: Owen Crump (narration by)
Stars: Owen Crump, James Cagney, Ruby Keeler