Cuban Rhythm

Cuban Rhythm

1941 · 10 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some incorrect techniques for those dances.

Directed by Will Jason · Written by Buddy Adler

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