pronker Review of Hi, Gaucho!

Hi, Gaucho! (1935)

Rather lackluster, but fun with Tom Ricketts and John Carroll, nonetheless.

[4/10 · 16 October 2014]

4/10 because John Carroll's voice is pleasant to hear, and though the songs are forgettable, he had that impish smile that endears. Tom Ricketts, the ancient nobleman whom Steffi Duna is to marry sight unseen, is about the funniest character in here, and that's saying a lot, because Paul Porcasi, Chris-Pin Martin and Ann Codee each have some outrageous moments. However, Ricketts as the spindle-shanked kidnapped nobleman, got to me as he is seemingly courtly to his younger fiancée, and not lascivious at all: he wants to present his pretty wife to the Spanish royalty. The setting is SoCal standing in for Argentina, and it seems that the Mexican Hat Dance is performed in Argentina, as well as in Mexico! Or so this movie would have it. Anyway, it's short and worth watching for Ricketts and the duenna, Ferike Boros.