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The Organ Grinder (1933)

★ 5.2/10 8 min Animation, Music, Comedy, Family United States English
Director: Rudolf Ising
Story by: Rudolf Ising
Streaming: Not available

Description

A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned matrons get hep to the beat that flows from the organ grinder's calliope. There are lots of spoofs of life on the Lower East Side and lots of monkeyshines as the organ grinder's pet performs "42nd Street" and imitates some Hollywood greats. The monkey takes wing and gets behind the wheel of a car, driving all over the area and wrecking everything.

Top Cast

Ken Darby Singing Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited)
Rudolf Ising
Rudolf Ising Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited)
Johnny Murray Fat Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Shirley Reed Boop-Oop-a-Doop Singing (voice) (uncredited)

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