Poster of Experimental Animation

Experimental Animation

Plot: 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
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1932
92 years ago
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Portrait of Len LyeLen LyeLen Lye was 31 in Experimental Animation as 'Director, Producer, Editor, Animation, Writer'
Birthday: Fri, Jul 05 1901 –
Thu, May 15 1980
Portrait of Red NicholsRed NicholsRed Nichols was 27 in Experimental Animation as 'Music'
Birthday: Mon, May 08 1905 –
Mon, Jun 28 1965