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7.5/10   256 votes
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Director:
Leo McCarey
Writers:
William Anthony McGuire (written for the screen by) &
Bert Kalmar (written for the screen by) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Plot:
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
This made me fall in love with Lyda Roberti! more (9 total)

Cast

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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 (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Stanley Fields ... Jose
Paul Porcasi ... Gonzales (as Paul Porcassi)
Sidney Franklin ... Himself - American Matador
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Runtime:
USA:96 min | USA:118 min (premiere)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
Company:
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jane Wyman's movie debut. more
Quotes:
Gonzales: Are you going to Mexico to live?
Eddie Williams aka Don Sebastian II: Yes - if I don't go to Mexico, I won't live.
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Soundtrack:
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This made me fall in love with Lyda Roberti!, 26 June 2008
7/10
Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

I like Eddie Cantor movies. This is an early talkie and one of his best. It has two superb dance sequences from Busby Berkeley.

I'd have rated it an 8 but for the number done in black-face. Yes, I know that was fairly standard at the time. It grates today, though. The whole thing is fun. It's improbable but that can be the key to the charm of a Cantor movie.

Nevertheless, the highlight for me was his leading lady. I'd heard the name Lyda Roberti. Probably I've seen her before, too. But I was knocked out by her delightful comic performance. Here was a pretty woman, svelte and attractive, who was a topnotch comic. She presaged such greats as Joan Davis and Judy Canova.

I see she died young. What a loss to Hollywood then and to those of us who treasure vintage movies now! Lyda, you were sublime!

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