Scopitones

Further Reading

"The Jukebox That Ate the Cocktail Lounge" by Jack Stevenson (the best article in English on the history of Scopitone)

Da Carosone a Cosa Nostra: Gli antenati del videoclip (From Carosone to Cosa Nostra: Ancestors of the music video) by Michele Bovi. Excellent book-length history of Scopitone and Cinebox, in Italian and English.

L'aventure Scopitone 1957-1983: Histoire des precurseurs du videclip by Jean-Charles Scagnetti. Excellent book-length history of the film jukeboxes of the 1960s, with an emphasis on the history of Scopitone in France (in French).

A History of Music Videos, parts 1-4, part 5, and part 6 (in English). A terrific overview from the 1920s to today. Part 3 focuses on Scopitone.

Official site for Productions Davis Boyer

History of the Scopitone by Robin Edgerton (in English)

Scopitomania (in French)

Gert Almind's Danish Jukebox Archives, which contains a wealth of information in English about jukeboxes of all types. Gert's pages on Jukebox History 1952-1998 and 16mm Film For Jukeboxes will be of particular interest to film jukebox afficionados.

Scopitone.free.fr (French Scopitone site)

Tresors de Scopitones Arabes, Kabyles et Berberes (in French -- the only article I have seen about Arab Scopitones)

"Love Machines: Unwinding the Technology of the Scopitones" by David Serlin, Cabinet Magazine, Spring 2001

Gli Antenati del Videoclip (excellent article in Italian about the history of Cinebox -- courtesy of Michele Bovi)

Scopitones in Archie Comics, 1965

The Kessler Sisters, Scopitone And Desmond by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides, Feb. 24, 2009

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