Illustrated song

An illustrated song is a type of performance art that combines either live or recorded music with projected images.

Nickelodeons were arcade style machines that worked by hand cranking a mechanical handle which turned an internal mechanism which played an audio recording, and had a visor like viewing window, displaying accompany still images projected from glass slides, and also flip cards.

So called nickelodeons, because a nickel was required to engage the cranking mechanism, in order for the viewer to start the show.

[1] Several film stars began their careers as models who illustrated lyrics through a series of song slides.

These stars included Roscoe Arbuckle, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Alice Joyce, Florence Lawrence, and Norma Talmadge.

Many magic lantern slides featured "dissolving view" effects, like this pair from " The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane "
Della Fox was one of many performers whose singing and/or playing was part of illustrated songs.