The Kid From Spain
Theatrical poster
Directed byLeo McCarey
Written by
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
StarringEddie Cantor
CinematographyGregg Toland
Edited byStuart Heisler
Music byHarry Ruby
with lyrics by Bert Kalmar
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • November 17, 1932 (1932-11-17) (New York City[1])
  • November 22, 1932 (1932-11-22) (Los Angeles[2])
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,621,000[3][4]
1932 advert from The Film Daily

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

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

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Sam Goldwyn East". Variety. November 8, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938), p. 942; accessed April 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Kid from Spain". imdb.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
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