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Experimental Animation

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Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.

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Released
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Language
English
  • stop motion
  • short film

Behind the camera

Director

Len Lye

Writers

Len Lye

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1933

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Experimental Animation was released on 1 January 1933.

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