[78-L] Public Melody Number One

[simmonssomer]

If it was censored because of the bizarre steps and movements by Martha Raye 
in her so called dancing routine, I concur on the basis of aesthetic
homicide.

Al Simmons

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Subject: [78-L] Public Melody Number One


> http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=224002&titleId=67674
>
> Anyone know why this clip with Louis Armstrong and Martha Raye was 
> censored when it came out in 1937? I like it a lot. Vincente Minnelli 
> apparently conceived it. The only thing I heard on first viewing that 
> would be considered objectionable then was a reference in the lyrics?to 
> "all the tea in Harlem."
>
> Cary Ginell
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