The Organ Grinder

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 ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
lt mayor of hell.jpg|(2008) DVD The Mayor of Hell (1995 Turner dubbed version)
LittleWomenBluRay.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray Little Women (restored)
=== Streaming ===
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== 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 ==
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== References ==
Category:1933
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons produced by Hugh Harman
Category:Cartoons produced by Rudolf Ising
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons animated by Rollin Hamilton
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Frank Marsales
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:One-Shot Cartoons