Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)

Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.

Storyline

Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. All the animals are singing. The tables are swaying to the music. The ape-waiter is dancing down the aisles as confetti and ribbons continually fall from the ceiling. And then Foxy walks in and the customers really go wild. He sings "A Gay Caballero" as he walks down the aisle. By the time he gets to his table, the show is ready to begin. The performer is a beautiful girl-fox singing "Lady, Play Your Mandolin." Foxy sings along, as his horse busts in and gets drunk.

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Plot Keywords:

foxy | singing | horse | beer | confetti | 

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1931 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spiel auf Deiner Mandoline

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leon Schlesinger Studios, Vitaphone Corporation, The, Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Merrie Melodie short; also the introduction of the character Foxy.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Animals: [singing] Lady, play your mandolin. / Lady, let that tune begin.

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Connections

Edited into Goopy Geer (1932)

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Soundtracks

"Cielito lindo"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

But Don't Sing!

The first credited Merrie Melody is a poor effort. The animation is repetitive, the gags poor -- one involves a character's dentures coming out on an armature and acting like a castanet -- and the songs -- "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" and "I Am A Gay Caballero" are sung in annoying cartoon voices.