The Organ Grinder

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The Organ Grinder (1933)

Directed by Rudolf Ising

Animation, Music, Comedy, Family · 8m

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.

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Cast

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

Crew

Director
Rudolf Ising
Editor
Dale Pickett
Producer
Leon Schlesinger, Rudolf Ising, Hugh Harman

Details

Release date
1933-04-08
Runtime
8m
Genres
Animation, Music, Comedy, Family
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Harman-Ising Productions, The Vitaphone Corporation, Leon Schlesinger Productions