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Running time | 10 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Musical Varieties is a 1948 Pictorial Films musical short film starring Rosemary Lane and Johnny Downs.
Farm workers harvest the crop whilst singing. At night they meet at the barn dance for more singing and dancing. Later, a man and a woman declare their love for each other, that "you could have knocked me over with a feather". The pair's song number is imitated by a male trio, one impersonating the woman.
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