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This guy is embarking on a project to transfer and archive a box of around forty 8mm Color-Sonics cartridges. Can't wait to see the results!

To this day, I've never seen an operating Color-Sonics machine. Although a few Color-Sonics films were also released as 16mm Scopitone prints and some Cinebox films were released as Color-Sonics cartridges, there is a whole library of Color-Sonics films that were only released on these cartridges, so it'll be very interesting to see what he has.

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May 2025 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Dion, "Runaround Sue," Cinebox

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Scopitone star Nino Tempo dies at 90

Scopitone star Nino Tempo died in West Hollywood, CA on April 10, 2025 at the age of 90. He made one Scopitone film, "Land of 1000 Dances," with his sister, April Stevens, who died in 2023. He was also an accomplished saxophone player who performed as a session musician on albums by John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin.

For more information, see:

Mark Scheer, "Wrecking Crew member Nino Tempo dies at age 90," Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y., April 12, 2025, https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/wrecking-crew-member-nino-tempo-212100247.html

Daniel E. Slotnick, "Nino Tempo, Who Topped the Charts With 'Deep Purple,' Dies at 90," New York Times, April 17, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/arts/music/nino-tempo-dead.html

Nino Tempo & April Stevens, "Land of 1000 Dances," Scopitone S-1068, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWyJX33tAA0

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April 2025 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Alex Marco, "The Bike," Scopitone CA-335

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Eden Kane with director Douglas Hickox while filming Kane's Cinebox film "Forget Me Not" at Twickenham Studios in London in April 1962.

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March 2025 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Eden Kane, "Forget Me Not," Cinebox

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Our friend from Argentina, Marcelo Blanco, demonstrates his restored Cinebox machine!

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This is the only record I've ever seen with a film jukebox on the cover. And it's not a Scopitone, but a rare Telebox Caravelle!

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February 2025 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Line Renaud, “En Vacances En Italie,” Scopitone CA-61

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January 2025 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Paola "Les Criquets", CA-73

A little goofiness to start off the new year.

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Dalida dreams of a white Christmas. Joyeux Noël!

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December 2024 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Claude François, “Ce Soir Je Vais Boire,” Scopitone CA-357

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Scopitone screening at the Ridley Road Social Club in London, November 21, 2024, 7pm, which seems to be focused on the Arab and North African Scopitone films. A must-see if you're in the vicinity.

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November 2024 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Les Charlots, "Merci Patron," Scopitone GE-736

Featuring Les Charlots working in a Scopitone factory!

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Ultra rare 1960s Scopitone ashtrays from the Café de Krakele in Bruges, Belgium.

See:

Jukebox-World.de, http://www.jukebox-world.de/Forum/Archiv/Europa/Scopitone.htm

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October 2024 Internet Jukebox Film of the Month: Brigitte Bardot, “Contact,” Scopitone CA-392

In celebration of her 90th birthday on Sept. 28, 2024

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Rare Snader telescription photos for sale on eBay

Some wonderful and rare promo photos from the filming of Snader Telescriptions are currently up for sale on eBay in auctions ending on Sunday, October 6, 2024. Snaders were essentially Soundies made for TV in the early 1950s and the three photos up for sale feature Lionel Hampton, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Tuttle.

For more info see:

Lionel Hampton photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267009962756

Nat King Cole photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256659374973

Wesley Tuttle photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256659371205