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The Chinese Nightingale

1935-04-27 · 10 min · ★ 6.2

Animation · Fantasy · Music

A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. Soon the clockwork breaks down, and the emperor dispatches his crow to go look for the songbird. The emperor, meanwhile, grows sicker with the passing months.

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Directors
Rudolf Ising
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Harman-Ising Productions, MGM Cartoon Studio
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United States of America
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