The film is short on plot and doesn't have enough musical numbers to recover from the pathetic comedy routines.
The Kid From Spain (1932)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:3
Rotten:1
Average Rating:N/A
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A series of comic misadventures takes innocent college boy Eddie and thrusts him into the arms of robbers, across the border to Mexico, in front of a firing squad, and finally into the ring as a... A series of comic misadventures takes innocent college boy Eddie and thrusts him into the arms of robbers, across the border to Mexico, in front of a firing squad, and finally into the ring as a bullfighter. The great choreographer Busby Berkeley directs the glorious musical numbers, which highlight Eddie Cantor's energetic singing and dancing. Playing some of their earliest roles, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, and Jane Wyman strut their stuff as charming Goldwyn Girls in director Leo McCarey's rousing musical comedy. [More]
Starring: Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Robert Young, Ruth Hall
Starring: Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Robert Young, Ruth Hall, John Miljan, Stanley Fields
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
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