Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

1930 · 9 min · ★ 1.0 · Comedy, Music

Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs for a vitaphone recording.

Directed by Murray Roth · Written by Ben Bernie

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