[78-L] Public Melody Number One

[Julian Vein]

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=224002&titleId=67674
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> 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."
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> Cary Ginell
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Perhaps it's the reference to "baby seamen" (semen?)!

      Julian Vein