The Gay Desperado

The Gay Desperado
Film still with Nino Martini for film
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Produced by Mary Pickford and Jesse L. Lasky The company, Pickford-Lasky
Written by Wallace Smith (screenplay)
Leo Birinsky (story)
Starring Ida Lupino
Leo Carrillo
Nino Martini
Cinematography Lucien Andriot
Distributed by United Artists
Milestone Pictures (2006 DVD release)
Release date
  • October 2, 1936 (1936-10-02)
Running time
86 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Gay Desperado (1936) is a comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford, and originally released by United Artists. The film was restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Mary Pickford Foundation, and released on DVD in 2006 by Milestone Pictures after being out of distribution for many years.

Plot

Chivo, a singer who works in a movie theater providing live entertainment, is and apprehended by a music-loving Mexican bandit Braganza who wants to make Chivo part of his band. Braganza, who admires American gangsters, also kidnaps Jane and her rich boyfriend, Bill. to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.

Cast


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