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The Organ Grinder
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- Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series
- Traditional Animation
- A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures
- Distributed by: Warner Bros.
- Cartoon Characters: Organ Grinder, Monkey.
- Directed By Rudolf Ising.
- Produced By Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising.
- Animated By Rollin Hamilton, Thomas McKimson.
- Music: Frank Marsales.
- Originally Released on April 08, 1933.
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Running Time: 7:23 minutes.
- Production Number: 5733
- Black & White
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U.S.A.
Cartoon Summary:
The lost art of the organ grinder and his monkey is celebrated in this grand Depression-era cartoon! A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through a immigrant- filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned... (more)
Cartoon Production Information:
The monkey does impressions of Laurel & Hardy as well as Harpo Marx in this cartoon.
This cartoon is included as an extra on the home DVD release of "The Mayor of Hell" (1933).
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The Organ Grinder