Spike Jones and His City Slickers were among the many performers showcased in “Soundies,“ short musical films designed to be played in special jukeboxes. This Soundie, which features the cornpone-flavored hillbilly tune PASS THE BISCUITS, MIRANDY (1942), was directed by Reginald LeBorg (THE MUMMY’S GHOST, WEIRD WOMAN, THE BLACK SLEEP).
Read all about Soundies in THE SOUNDIES BOOK: A REVISED AND EXPANDED GUIDE TO THE “MUSIC VIDEOS“ OF THE 1940s (2007) available from iUniverse at