Enrique de Rosas Movies
- 1937
Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. Buck Jones plays the son of a crooked land dealer. Seeking redemption, Jones rides through the west to compensate every rancher who was cheated by his dad. Along the way, he rescues his younger brother Robert Terry from a date with the hangman. Sandflow was one of a group of 1937 westerns personally produced by star Buck Jones and released by Universal Pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Buck Jones, Lita Chevret, (more)
- 1937
Produced and directed by New York banker King Guidice, this obscure Northwest melodrama was filmed on locations at Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear, and Victorville, California. A famous singer, Andy Rance (Barry Norton), suffers a nervous breakdown and heads into the wilderness with his faithful dog, Flash. The pooch saves his master from a poisonous snake, a couple of wolves, and other wildlife dangers. Andy and his dog receive unwanted female companionship when lovely Celeste (Vyola Vonn) parachutes into their camp. Man and dog accompany the girl to her grandfather's lodge, where a gramophone recording reveals that Celeste is the girl singer that Andy has long admired. According to some reports, Guidice produced both a Spanish and a German version of this 41-minute long back-to-nature melodrama, which, strangely, was advertised as a musical. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- 1937
In this tuneful, romantic drama, an Australian opera star (Grace Moore) wants to perform in a major U.S. festival but cannot enter the country unless she is married. To this end, she hires a handsome artist (Cary Grant) temporarily marry her. At first it is all strictly business, but in time, the artist starts falling in love. Songs include: "Our Song," "Minnie the Moocher" (this number is usually cut out in 98m televised version of the film), "Siboney," and "The Waltz Song." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Grace Moore, Cary Grant, (more)
- 1937
Swing High Swing Low is a new coat of paint on the old stage play Burlesque, first filmed in 1929 as The Dance of Life. Ex-serviceman Skid Johnson (Fred MacMurray) rises to the uppermost rungs of show business as a bandleader. As his fame swells, so does his head, and he becomes impossibly arrogant, forgetting the friends who helped him get to the top -- not to mention his ever-faithful sweetheart, band vocalist Maggie King (Carole Lombard). Consuming great quantities of booze, Skid hits the skids, ending up a skid-row derelict (there seems to be a pattern here). The ultimate humiliation comes when he isn't even allowed to return to the Army because his insides are shot. In the film's calculatedly teary finale, Skid is rescued emotionally and professionally by Maggie, now a big star in her own right. As indicated by the synopsis, the film is banal and old-hat, but the stars are terrific, especially Carole Lombard, who sings in several scenes (and not all that badly!) Swing High, Swing Low was remade in 1948 as When My Baby Smiles at Me. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, (more)
- 1936
In this Argentine western, a South American gaucho saves a beautiful girl from a shady bandido who masquerades as the Spanish don to whom she is betrothed. Songs include: "Little White Rose," "Song of the Open Road," "Bandit Song," and "Panchita." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1936
The last of Fox Studios' Hollywood-made Spanish-language films, Rose de Francia (Rose of France) stars Rosita Diaz as the title character. Diaz plays Luisa Isabel de Orleans, the French-born wife of Spain's Prince of Asturias. Because of their distrust of France, the Prince's parents refuse to allow him to consummate the marriage. Unaware of the reasons behind her husband's abstinence, Luisa Isabel tries to rouse the Prince by making him jealous. The plan works, the parents are foiled, and the film fades out discreetly as the royal couple scamper into their boudoir. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Julio Pena, Antonio Moreno, (more)
- 1935
Killed in a plane crash in June of 1935, Argentine musical star Carlos Gardel was well on his way to becoming a legend when his final starring feature, Tango Bar, was released in the U.S. Though well past middle age, Gardel convincingly plays an amorous young cabaret vocalist named Ricardo, who falls in love with gorgeous dancer Laura (Rosita Moreno). To rescue the heroine from a gang of crooks, Ricardo puts his own life on the line, nearly losing same in the process. The villain, played by Enrique de Rosas, is a government official, reflecting the "outlaw" status of the tango in much of South America. Though filmed in Spanish and set in Argentina, Tango Bar was lensed in its entirety in Paramount's East Coast studios at Astoria, Long Island. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carlos Gardel, Rosita Moreno, (more)
- 1935
In this romantic comedy, a young woman rebels against the life her relatives have carefully planned for her by pretending she is crazy. They place her in a posh mental hospital where she falls in love with a handsome inmate. The lovers spend many happy days singing, dancing and joking around. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
