The Chinese Nightingale
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1935-04-27
Runtime: 10 mins
Director: Rudolf Ising
Spoken language: English
Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Original title: The Chinese Nightingale
Production Companies: Harman-Ising Productions, MGM Cartoon Studio
Production Countries: United States of America
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