The Organ Grinder is a 1933 Merrie Melodies short directed by Rudolf Ising.
Plot[]
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.
Caricatures[]
- Harpo Marx - the monkey imitates him.
- Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - the monkey imitates both of them.
Availability[]
(1993) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
(2008) DVD
The Mayor of Hell (1995 Turner dubbed version)
The Mayor of Hell (1995 Turner dubbed version)
(2023) Blu-ray
Little Women (restored)
Little Women (restored)
Streaming[]
HBO Max (2020 - 2020) (restored)
Notes[]
- This cartoon was shown in theaters with Untamed Africa during its original release.
- Unlike the other Merrie Melodies cartoons at the time with their unique character for the "That's all Folks!" sequence, the homeless boy from "The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives" is reused instead.
Gallery[]
Lobby card
References[]
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries
- ↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 27.