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The Chinese Nightingale

Apr 27, 1935

0h 10m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Fantasy

Music

Production Companies

Harman-Ising Productions

MGM Cartoon Studio

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