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. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.
Len Lye
Director, Writer
Sing: Thriller71%
Hi Stranger65%
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales69%
Day & Night77%
Minions & More 274%
Lou75%
Hawaiian Vacation69%
His Mouse Friday64%
Party Central67%
Yellow Is the New Black65%
Competition61%
The House70%
Ferdinand the Bull67%
The Ugly Duckling69%
Minions & More Volume 170%
Welcome to the Club62%
Make Mine Music58%
Chips Ahoy66%
Thru the Mirror71%
Sing71%
