George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir
Veteran vaudevillian regales the audience with highlights from his comedy travel monologue and introduces "His Modern Art Choir," A Russian group he met while traveling in the Soviet Union who sing a traditional Russian song and an American standard.
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An early sound era musical short in which George Jessel comes up with some of the worst jokes you're ever likely to hear. (The Choir is quite good.)
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- George Jessel
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