The Organ Grinder
1933 | 8m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Rudolf Ising |
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| Writer: | Rudolf Ising |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 08, 1933 |
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| Director: | Rudolf Ising |
| Writer: | Rudolf Ising |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | one man band, organ grinder, fruit cart, tips |
| Production Companies | The Vitaphone Corporation, Harman-Ising Productions, Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ken Darby | Singing Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited) |
| Rudolf Ising | Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited) |
| Johnny Murray | Fat Woman (voice) (uncredited) |
| Shirley Reed | Boop-Oop-a-Doop Singing (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Rudolf Ising | Story, Director |
| Rollin Hamilton | Animation |
| Thomas McKimson | Animation |
| Dale Pickett | Editor |
| Frank Marsales | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Leon Schlesinger | Producer |
| Rudolf Ising | Producer |
| Hugh Harman | Producer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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