Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
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On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don’t approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
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