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Porky at the Crocadero
UNITED STATES · 1938

Porky at the Crocadero

Frank Tashlin
impersonation nightclub aspiring musician mistaken identity rags to riches
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Synopsis

The Crocadero nightclub. Porky has his diploma from the Sucker Correspondence School of music, and has dreams of being a bandleader, but he's broke. He gets a job at the club washing dishes. His boss mistakes Porky going after a fly for loafing and fires him. His bandleaders don't show, and he brings Porky back to impersonate several famous bandleaders.

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