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Menu (1933)

Menu poster
Directed by
Nick Grinde
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short comedy film from 1933 shows a series of humorous kitchen mishaps and food preparation antics. It was made as an early color film and got an Oscar nomination.

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What happens

Menu is a 1933 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Nick Grinde, produced by Pete Smith, and filmed in Technicolor. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 6th Academy Awards in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Novelty). This could be considered a "prequel" to the MGM short film Penny Wisdom (1937), also produced by Pete Smith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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