Music ·Comedy · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 26m

The Gay Desperado

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Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Cast
Nino Martini as Chivo Ida Lupino as Jane Leo Carrillo as Pablo Braganza Harold Huber as Juan Campo James Blakeley as Bill Shay Stanley Fields as Butch
Crew
Lucien N. Andriot — Director of Photography Margaret Clancey — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Wallace Smith — Writer Leo Birinski — Story Mary Pickford — Producer
Tagline

THE GIANT MUSICAL HIT OF THE YEAR!

Synopsis

Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Rouben Mamoulian Director Lucien N. Andriot Director of Photography Margaret Clancey Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Wallace Smith Writer Leo Birinski Story Mary Pickford Producer Jesse L. Lasky Producer Omar Kiam Costume Design
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