As far as I've read, due to low budgets, EVERY Soundie had the music recorded first and then the filming was lipsynched to the playback - it's pretty obvious in a lot of them, as the singers often don't manage to match up their lips to the recorded performance. Dave Weiner -----Original Message----- One thing I've always wondered is if many or most > "Soundies" (jazz shorts) were recorded live-sound or "lip-sync'd" to a > soundtrack. > > -- Tom Fine >