The Chinese Nightingale
1935-04-27 · 10 min · ★ 6.2
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
- Production companies
- Harman-Ising Productions, MGM Cartoon Studio
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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