Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
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| music = Frank Marsales
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Wake Up the Gypsy in Me is a 1933 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short, directed by Rudolf Ising and based on the title song written by Lew Lehr, Harry Miller and Lew Pollack.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=19}} The short was released on May 13, 1933.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |pages=104–106}}
Plot
The plot concerns a village of Russian Gypsies, led by a caricature of jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman, generally singing, dancing and whooping it up, including a quartet of men who gurgle beer to the tune of "The Song of the Volga Boatmen." When the mad monk Rice-Puddin' (a caricature of Grigori Rasputin) casts his eye on one of the apparently underage girls in the village and has her abducted in an attempt to force himself upon her, the villagers revolt and rescue the girl and give Rice-Puddin' just due.
References
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External links
- Big Cartoon Database article at [https://archive.today/20130118000535/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5273-Wake_Up_The_Gypsy_In_Me.html]
- Toon Zone article at [http://bosko.toonzone.net/1933/wake_up_the_gypsy_in_me/]
- {{IMDb title|tt0024744}}
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{{Grigori Rasputin in popular culture}}
Category:1933 animated short films
Category:Fictional representations of Romani people
Category:Films scored by Frank Marsales
Category:Films about kidnapping
Category:Films directed by Rudolf Ising
Category:Films about Grigori Rasputin
Category:Merrie Melodies short films
Category:1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
Category:American animated black-and-white films
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