Pianist Duke Ellington performs his Perfume Suite while conducting a group of stop-motion animated perfume bottles. Wonderful early integration of live action and animation. Actor: Duke Ellington. Voice: Walter Tetley. Director of Photography: William Snyder, A.S.C. Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus. Story: Jack Miller. Puppet Photography: John S. Abbott. Animation: Gene Warren. Sound: Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording. 35mm/7:24. Paramount Presents A George Pal Puppetoon in Technicolor. Produced and Directed by George Pal.
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