Soundie
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A soundie is a short American film displaying both the audio and video of a musical performance. Over 1,850 soundies were produced between 1939 to 1947, regarded today as "precursors to music videos".
Soundies were made for projection on the Mills Panoram jukebox
Ricardo Montalbán
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Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became widely known for performances in genres
Soundie
…and Patricia Ellis. Many stars of the future made appearances in soundies at the beginning of their careers, including Gale Storm, Dorothy Dandridge, Ricardo Montalbán, Liberace, Doris Day, Gloria Grahame, Cyd Charisse, Alan Ladd, Marilyn Maxwell, and Yvonne DeCarlo. Many nightclub and recording artists also made…
Ricardo Montalbán in Right Cross (1950)
As Mario Morales in Fiesta
Montalbán in 1954
Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo in a publicity still for the television film Return to Fantasy Island