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The Canary Comes Across (1938)
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35
NR
21 min
Jan 26th, 1938
Music
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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.
Starring
Erik Rhodes
Virginia Grey
Maurice Black
Director
Will Jason
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Theatrical Release:
January 26th, 1938
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
short film
singer
prison escape
opera singer
escaped prisoner
singing competition
glee club
Cast & Crew
E
Erik Rhodes
as Canary Dillon
V
Virginia Grey
as Ann Clayton
M
Maurice Black
as Scarpuss
O
Oscar O'Shea
as Warden Clayton
G
George Cooper
as Dutch (uncredited)
L
Lester Dorr
as Convict (uncredited)
D
David Snell
Music
W
Will Jason
Director
R
Robert Pittack
Director of Photography
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