The Round Towners Quartet sings the title song with a Bouncing Ball. Cartoon sequence: Betty Boop and Bimbo go ice skating.

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If you have ten minutes to kill and a weird obsession with early 20th-century curiosities, this one is for you. If you are looking for a cohesive story, maybe skip it. It is less of a film and more of a strange, grainy artifact that somehow made it to the modern age. The whole thing kicks off with the Round Towners Qu...

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Dave Fleischer

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"If you have ten minutes to kill and a weird obsession with early 20th-century curiosities, this one is for you. If you are looking for a cohesive story, maybe skip it. It is less of a film and more of a strange, grainy artifact that somehow made it to the modern age. The whole thing kicks off with the Round Towners Quartet. They are singing that classic tune with the bouncing ball thing going on. It is oddly hypnotic, watching that little circle hop over the lyrics. It feels like a precursor to..."


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