Plot: Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit novelty song of 1923 (inspired by real-life banana shortages—the film also references current events by mentioning mobster Louis Cohen, arrested for murder the same year)
Release Date:
Thursday, November 1 1923 101 years ago
Walter Lantz
Vernon Stallings