The Kid from Spain
| The Kid From Spain | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Leo McCarey |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Eddie Cantor |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
| Music by | Harry Ruby with lyrics by Bert Kalmar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates | |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,621,000[3][4] |
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The Kid from Spain is a 1932 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar composed the songs, and Busby Berkeley is credited with creating and directing the film's musical scenes.[5] It was Jane Wyman's film debut.
Plot[edit]
Eddie and Ricardo, expelled from their college (in the United States), travel to Ricardo's home country, Mexico, where they find dangerous gangsters but also love.
Cast[edit]
- Eddie Cantor as Eddie Williams
- Lyda Roberti as Rosalie
- Robert Young as Ricardo
- Ruth Hall as Anita Gomez
- John Miljan as Pancho
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Alonzo Gomez
- J. Carrol Naish as Pedro
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Crawford
- Stanley Fields as Jose
- Paul Porcasi as Gonzales
- Sidney Franklin as himself – American Matador
Also appearing in uncredited roles are Harry C. Bradley, Teresa Maxwell-Conover, Eduardo de Castro, Harry Gribbon, Paul Panzer, Julian Rivero, Walter Walker, Leo Willis, Tammany Young, and the stock company of the Goldwyn Girls, consisting at that time of Betty Grable, Beatrice Hagen, Paulette Goddard, Toby Wing, Jane Wyman, Althea Henley, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Shirley Chambers, and Lynn Browning.
References[edit]
- ^ Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-7864-6062-5.
- ^ "Sam Goldwyn East". Variety. November 8, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. March 4, 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938), p. 942; accessed April 19, 2014.
- ^ "The Kid from Spain". imdb.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
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