The Gay Desperado

E92333

film musical comedy film

The Gay Desperado is a 1936 musical comedy film that playfully satirizes both Mexican bandit movies and American gangster films, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Nino Martini and Ida Lupino.

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → musical comedy film →
basedOn	original story by Wallace Smith →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographyBy	Lucien N. Andriot →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Rouben Mamoulian →
distributor	United Artists →
editedBy	Francis D. Lyon NERFINISHED →
era	1930s American cinema →
featuresCharacterType	American gangster → Mexican bandit →
genre	musical comedy →
hasCastMember	Harold Huber NERFINISHED → Ida Lupino → James Blakeley → Leo Carrillo → Mischa Auer → Nino Martini →
hasLeadActorRole	Ida Lupino as American tourist → Nino Martini as opera singer →
hasTheme	parody of crime film conventions →
language	English →
musicBy	Ernö Rapée → Hugo Friedhofer →
notableFor	satirical treatment of cross-border crime stereotypes →
producer	Jesse L. Lasky →
productionCompany	United Artists →
releaseDate	1936-11-06 →
releaseYear	1936 →
runtimeMinutes	86 →
satirizes	American gangster films → Mexican bandit films →
screenplayBy	C. Graham Baker → Sidney Buchman NERFINISHED → Wallace Smith →
setting	Mexico →
starring	Harold Huber NERFINISHED → Ida Lupino → James Blakeley → Leo Carrillo → Mischa Auer → Nino Martini →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rouben Mamoulian →	notableWork