Experimental Animation
6.2
Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.
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Len Lye Director
First release January 1, 1933 · Produced in United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · January 1, 1933
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