
The Discontented Canary
1934-09-15 · 8 min · ★ 6.5
A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.
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- Directors
- Rudolf Ising
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harman-Ising Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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