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A Great Big Bunch of You
Cartoon
A ventriloquist's dummy in the city dump improvises a piano, from the junk there, to play and sing the title song, "A Great Big Bunch Of You", by Mort Dixon and Harry Warren. The various animals and animated junk perform in segued vignettes.
Movie Info
Directed by: Rudolf Ising
Produced by: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Leon Schlesinger
Music by: Frank Marsales
Animation by: Rollin Hamilton, Thomas McKimson (as "Drawn by")
Color process: Black-and-white
Production company: Harman-Ising Productions
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date: November 12, 1932
Running time: 7 minutes
Language: English
Country: United States
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