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The Band Concert
UNITED STATES · 1935

The Band Concert

Wilfred Jackson
musical performance slapstick comedy disruption and chaos persistence against obstacles nature's interference
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Synopsis

Mickey is trying to lead a concert of The William Tell Overture, but he's continually disrupted by ice cream vendor Donald, who uses a seemingly endless supply of flutes to play Turkey in the Straw instead. After Donald gives up, a bee comes along and causes his own havoc. The band then reaches the Storm sequence, and the weather also starts to pick up; a tornado comes along, but they keep playing.

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