Let's Sing an Old Time Song

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Let's Sing an Old Time Song

1947

0h 9m

4.7(3 votes)

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Family

Overview

This short film focuses on four songs, "The Band Played On", "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two"), "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine", and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze", that have become American standards.

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Art Gilmore

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