Unid. Soundie "Sweet Sue" (Juvenile Jubilee) (1940)
1940 · Ephemeral film · 3 min
Synopsis
All woman orchestra. - B/W Sound 1940s Elegant ballroom set. Women in matching skirts dance in unison. Men in suits enter room, sing together to women. "Sweet Sue (Just You)" Female bandleader conducts all-female swing jazz band w/ violinists, saxophonists, baby grand piano. Line of five men in front of curtain sing to crying woman to dry her eyes- she cheers up. Female dancers kick on platform & dance happily during instrumental section. Men join them for vocal refrain. Woman sings in front of dancing couples.
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- Running time
- 3 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · "Guys taking snot rag - Take 2!" · Spuzz · 2016-01-31
This is a very interesting piece. The song is pretty standard (actually, it's a fairly fun song) and the soundie is fun as usual, with lots of dancing girls in short skirts, some rather curious male dancers (why ARE they holding out their hand? for her snot rag?) and a pretty good, but unspectacular singer. But what makes this sooundie REALLY interesting is the beginning. The song appears to start in the middle, and then somewhat ends curiously in a fade out, then it starts up again. We then see the whole song.. But hold on! Comparing the two "end" scenes, we can clearly see that these two…