Charros, gauchos y manolas

The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.

Carmen Castillo

Delia Magaña

Samuel Pedraza

Carlos Gómez Don Chema

Paul Ellis

Carmen Granada

Vicente Padula

Carlos Lucanti

Maria Alba

Martín Garralaga

Marina Ortiz

José Peña

Romualdo Tirado

• Xavier CugatDirector · Writer

Release date

March 15, 1930

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m