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The Canary Comes Across

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A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1938-01-26

Runtime: 21 mins

Director: Will Jason

Spoken language: English

Genres: Music

Original title: The Canary Comes Across

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries: United States of America

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