Experimental Animation (1933)

Experimental Animation

1933

Music Animation

Synopsis

Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.

Credits

Director

Len Lye

Crew

Len Lye (Animation)

Len Lye (Editor)

Red Nichols (Music)

Len Lye (Producer)

Len Lye (Writer)