Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit novelty song of 1923 (inspired by real-life banana shortages—the film also references current events by mentioning mobster Louis Cohen, arrested for murder the same year). The scene shifts to animator Walter Lantz strumming the song on his guitar, before a co-worker presents him with a banana that transmogrifies into Colonel Heeza Liar, who tells the tale of how he ended “the great banana famine in 1923.”
Credits
Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit Cast
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Character |
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Walter Lantz
He was 23, 93 years old when he died
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Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit Crew
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Vernon Stallings as Director. He was 32 (71) years old when He died
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Directing |
