La Cucaracha (1934 film)

La Cucaracha (1934 film)

Infobox Film
name = La Cucaracha


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director = Lloyd Corrigan
producer = Kenneth Macgowan
Carly Wharton
writer = Lloyd Corrigan
Carly Wharton
John Twist
Jack Wagner
narrator =
starring = Steffi Duna
Don Alvarado
music =
cinematography = Ray Rennahan
editing = Archie Marshek
distributor = RKO Pictures
released = 31 August, 1934
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0025019

"La Cucaracha" is a 1934 short comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It was designed by Pioneer Pictures to display the new full-color Technicolor Process No. 4, which had been used since 1932 mainly in Walt Disney cartoons. Jock Whitney and his cousin C. V. Whitney, the owners of Pioneer, were also major investors in Technicolor, Inc. "La Cucaracha" was made like a short feature and cost about $65,000. The usual short cost little more than $15,000.

It won an Academy Award in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/27899/La-Cucaracha/details |title=New York Times: La Cucaracha |accessdate=2008-05-11|work=NY Times]

Cast

* Steffi Duna - Chatita
* Don Alvarado - Pancho
* Paul Porcasi - Señor Esteban Martinez
* Eduardo Durant - Orchestra Leader

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0025019|title=La Cucaracha


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