The Great Rupert
Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth, Sara Haden
| released: 1950 Mar 01 | duration: 1:28:06 |
Alternate title: A Christmas Wish. Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
At 38:58, Jimmy Durante says, "I can work alone. Why, I can out-juggle
anyone in the business. And you know somethin', I can juggle 25 plates
with one hand, and with the other hand, I pick up the broken ones."
Using a stand-in to do the juggling, he then demonstrates
juggling 5 walnuts.
He makes one last high throw, intending to catch it behind his back,
but Rupert, the squirrel, has stolen it.
