Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
| Wake Up the Gypsy in Me | |
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| Directed by | Rudolf Ising |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
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Wake Up the Gypsy in Me is a 1933 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short, directed by Rudolf Ising and based on the title song written by Lew Lehr, Harry Miller and Lew Pollack.[1] The short was released on May 13, 1933.[2]
Plot
[edit]The plot concerns a village of Russian Gypsies, led by a caricature of jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman, generally singing, dancing and whooping it up, including a quartet of men who gurgle beer to the tune of "The Song of the Volga Boatmen." When the mad monk Rice-Puddin' (a caricature of Grigori Rasputin) casts his eye on one of the apparently underage girls in the village and has her abducted in an attempt to force himself upon her, the villagers revolt and rescue the girl and give Rice-Puddin' just due.
References
[edit]- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 19. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
External links
[edit]- Big Cartoon Database article at [1]
- Toon Zone article at [2]
- Wake Up the Gypsy in Me at IMDb
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- 1933 films
- 1933 animated films
- Fictional representations of Romani people
- Films scored by Frank Marsales
- Films about kidnapping
- Films directed by Rudolf Ising
- Films set in Russia
- Films about Grigori Rasputin
- Merrie Melodies short films
- 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1930s English-language films
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- American animated black-and-white films
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