Unid. Soundie "What the Country Needs"? (Juvenile Jubilee) (1940)

Synopsis

B/W Sound 1940s Outdoor city park set at night. Man holding books prepares to lecture crowd, but woman in straw hat begins to sing- "Fellow countrymen hear me out. feminine charms in masculine arms, etc." (flirtation, romance, love songs). Sailor sits w/ two women on bench, eating popcorn. Female nurse pushing elderly man in wheelchair smiles at uniformed policeman who waves his nightstick. Shoeshine man buffing woman's shoe, then plays harmonica solo to woman. Elderly man sits on bench w/ arm around nurse, who smiles at cop. Male newsboy singer performs short verse w/ scat. Female singer & mustachioed lecturer perform final verse together, crowd joins in.

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2 minutes

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Prelinger Archives