Just What I Needed

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This MGM short film, part of the Pete Smith Specialty series, looks at what to do with unwelcome gifts. Harry Horseknucle's rich aunt who always remembers his birthday. He receives a mobile but can't quite understand what it all means. Among the things he can do without there's also an electric toaster, tools from his wife, an old trunk bought at a blind auction and a motorcycle.