Fiesta Time

Fiesta Time

November 17, 1950 Theatrical Series Screen Songs

Studio
Famous Studios
Distributor
Paramount Studios

Synopsis

Singalong with spot gags about Mexico.

Characters

Mexicans

Credits

Directing

Director
Seymour Kneitel

Writing

Writer
Izzy Klein

Animation

Animator
Myron Waldman, Larry Silverman

Crew

Scenics
Anton Loeb

Companies and other credits

  • Song: "Alla En El Rancho Grande" by Hartley Costello
  • Song: Copyrighted by Edward B. Marks Music Corp

Production notes

This cartoon is presumed lost.

This series was of animated cartoons that take popular songs of the day and combined Famous Studios animated stars in an effort for audience singa-longs.

Pictures

Reviews

Fiesta time - the bullfight

Peter BernhardtJuly 15, 2011

The last segment of this cartoon made me so angry as a child. After the sing-along we are taken to a bullring and we watch the animal toss a picador (thud), matador (thud) and cuspidor (clang) out of the ring. We return to watch the victorious bull bow to the crowd but he becomes enraged at the sight of a final matador. The bull charges but has a fatal collision when he hits the cape. The crash is so violent that the animal bounces into the air and his corpse hits the ground with such force that it buries itself under sand and debris. The gloating matador whips away the cape that covered him from neck to foot and is revealed as a dwarf standing on a huge, thick tombstone. "El toro" is carved into the stone. The matador blows kisses to the cheering crowd. I couldn't see the humor. The matador cheated while the bull used his strength and horns fair and square. Did anyone else watch this and feel the same way?