What's Cookin'

Once the Andrews Sisters had established themselves as viable movie stars by performing the Oscar nominated/chart-topping hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" in 1941's Buck Privates, Universal signed the singing siblings to a multi-picture pact. The films, churned out at the rate of two or more per year throughout World War II, were always low budget, top-heavy with musical numbers, and often had popular band-leaders of time (like Harry James or Woody Herman) as co-stars. They were squarely aimed at teenagers, and were a reliable source of profit to the studio.