THE KID FROM SPAIN

The Kid from Spain
Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists, 1932, B/W, 118 minutes, ***½
Released November, 1932

After being expelled from school, Ricardo (Robert Young) invites his college roommate Eddie (Eddie Cantor) to his home in Mexico. In order to get across the border, Eddie dresses up as a matador and assumes the identity of Don Sebastian, II -- son of the (ex-) greatest bull fighter in Spain. Needless to say, a number of mistaken identity cases put Cantor into some very funny situations. Lots of fun and music in this one!

Eddie Cantor is always a lot of fun. He is one of the greatest comedians of all time. The bull fight scene alone is worth the price of admission!

Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Written for the Screen by: William Anthony McGuire, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Music and Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Numbers Created and Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman
Art Direction: Richard Day
Costumes: Milo Anderson
Sound Recorder: Vinton Vernon
Photography: Gregg Toland
Film Editor: Stuart Heisler

Cast: Eddie Cantor [Eddie Williams], Lyda Roberti [Rosalie], Robert Young [Ricardo], Ruth Hall [Anita Gomez], John Miljan [Pancho], Noah Beery [Alonzo Gomez], J. Carrol Naish [Pedro], Robert Emmett O'Connor [Detective Crawford], Stanley Fields [Jose], Paul Porcassi [Gonzales, Border Guard], Sidney Franklin [American Matador], Julian Rivero [Dalmores], Theresa Maxwell Conover [Martha Oliver], Walter Walker [The Dean], Ben Hendricks, Jr. [Red], Grace Poggi [Specialty Dancer], Edgar Connor [Black Bull Handler], Leo Willis [Thief], Harry Gribbon [Traffic Cop], Eddie Foster [Patron], Harry C. Bradley [Man on Line at Border], Jean Allen, Loretta Andrews, Consuelo Baker, Betty Bassett, Lynn Browning, Maxine Cantway, Shirley Chambers, Dorothy Coonan, Hazel Craven, Patricia Farnum, Sarah Jane Faulks (aka Jane Wyman), Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Jeanne Gray, Ruth Hale, Pat Harper, Margaret La Marr, Adele Lacey, Bernice Lorimer, Nancy Lynn, Vivian Mathison, Nancy Nash, Edith Roark, Marian Sayers, Renee Whitney, Diana Winslow, Toby Wing [The 1932 Goldwyn Girls]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] But We Must Rise (performed by The Goldwyn Girls); [0:11] Graduation procession (I haven't identified this one yet); [0:34] In the Moonlight (sung by Eddie Cantor); [0:59] Look What You've Done (sung by Lyda Roberti and Eddie Cantor); [1:13] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Grace Poggi [?]); [1:19] What a Perfect Combination (sung by Eddie Cantor, sung and danced by Goldwyn Girls); [1:34] What a Perfect Combination (short excerpt sung by Eddie Cantor and Lyda Roberti)