La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

Movie
Original title	La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1935
length	19 minutes
Rod
production	Louis Lewyn
camera	Ray Rennahan
occupation
Warner Baxter : as himself Ralph Forbes : as himself Chester Conklin : as himself Mary Carlisle : as herself Cecilia Parker : as herself Shirley Ross : as herself Rosalind Keith : as herself Ida Lupino : as herself Toby Wing : as himself Edmund Lowe : as himself Gilbert Roland : as himself Binnie Barnes : as herself Robert Taylor : as himself Harpo Marx : as himself Andy Devine : As Himself / Bullfighter Pete Smith : Narrator Buster Keaton : Himself / Señor Keaton Irvin S. Cobb : as himself Joe Morrison : as himself Maria Gambarelli : as herself Gary Cooper : as himself Ted Healy : as himself Leo Carrillo : As Himself / Kid Carrillo Adrienne Ames : as herself Steffi Duna : as herself Paul Porcasi : as himself Judy Garland : as herself Mary Jane Gumm : as herself Virginia Gumm : as herself

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (German: "The Festival of Santa Barbara") is an American short film produced by MGM from 1935 in which a number of Hollywood stars of the time made guest appearances.

action

As every year, a big festival is celebrated in Santa Barbara , California, in memory of the Spanish settlement period. The men ride horses through the streets and the women dance to Latin American rhythms. Several 1930s starlets in typical Western outfits get out of a car , including Ida Lupino . The actors Edmund Lowe , Gilbert Roland and Robert Taylor sit at tables and watch them happily. Also Harpo Marx is present and takes a long drink from a bottle.

Andy Devine appears as a bullfighter and is referred to as the "greatest matador in the world". A small band begins to play and a group of women dance to it. Devine then meets Buster Keaton , who pretends to be a bull dealer. Meanwhile, Joe Morrison sings a song and everyone listens reverently. Buster Keaton eventually insists that Devine fight one of his bulls. Two men, disguised as bulls with black and white spotted heads, come through a gate. The fight begins and is divided into rounds like boxing. Gary Cooper sits in the audience and lights his pipe in the meantime.

After a little banter between Ted Healy and a dumb man, Leo Carrillo rides up and shoots wildly into the air with his pistol. He shoots a glass out of the hand of a man, whereupon he falls into a well in shock. Judy Garland sings the song La Cucaracha with her sisters Mary Jane and Virginia Gumm , and Steffi Duna begins to dance to it. When a man in the audience steps on a cockroach during the song, of all things, the mood is temporarily clouded. Another group of women then dances flamenco and the ballerina Maria Gambarelli dances on a table alongside. The bull finally lies on the ground and is counted by Buster Keaton. Devine emerges victorious and the festival is in full swing again.

background

The film was shot in Technicolor on location in Santa Barbara . La Fiesta de Santa Barbara premiered in the United States on December 7, 1935 .

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1937 , La Fiesta de Santa Barbara was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film / Color , but could not prevail against Warner Brothers' Give Me Liberty .

Web links

• La Fiesta de Santa Barbara in the Internet Movie Database (English)