Knickerbocker Holiday

Peg-legged tyrant Peter Stuyvesant (Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to rule the city, uproot the old order and install his own — no graft. Brom Breck (Eddy) expects the new governor to right all the wrongs of past administrations, but when he discovers that Stuyvesant is a bigger crook than the ones already in power, he steals Stuyvesant’s bejeweled wooden leg and won’t give it back until the governor reforms. The memorable songs include “September Song,” and among the many funny characters you’ll find a petite Shelley Winters and Percy Kilbride playing in a role that foreshadows the “Pa Kettle” character he immortalized just a few years later.