In his trademark Lower East Side sprechgesang, Jimmy Durante gives his all for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the National Recovery Administration. The Schnozzola belts out an original number he wrote for the occasion: “If the old name of Roosevelt makes your old heart throb / Then take this message, straight from the President / And give a man a job!” Look for solo stooge Moe Howard as the Exterminator. —Scott MacQueen
35mm, b/w, 3 min. Director: unknown. Production/Distribution: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With: Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Frank O'Connor.
Restored from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services by The Stanford Theatre Film Laboratory, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound.
