This musical short offers the benign view of gypsies of the period: women wearing handkerchiefs on their heads, playing Dvorak on their violins and dancing around to rather acrobatic effects. No tambourines, though. Neither does anyone dance the flamenco. This, of course, is contrary to the usual view of gypsies of the period, which I can't repeat here, especially when you can't call them that anymore.
J.. Harold Murray appears in this. He was a very popular stage performer in the era, with his best-known show being RIO RITA, which opened in 1927. He sings a song of the sort that used to be popular in operettas of the period.
Old fashioned by today's standards, but very entertaining in a 1930s way.
J.. Harold Murray appears in this. He was a very popular stage performer in the era, with his best-known show being RIO RITA, which opened in 1927. He sings a song of the sort that used to be popular in operettas of the period.
Old fashioned by today's standards, but very entertaining in a 1930s way.
