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Going Spanish (1934
1934 in film

Events*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...
) is a short comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
, and the film debut of Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
. It also starred Leah Ray, and Jules Epailly. Directed by Al Christie
Al Christie

Al Christie was a Canada-born film Film director, film producer and screenwriter....
, it premiered on March 2, 1934, and is also known as Bob's Busy Day.

e on vacation in South America, Bob passes through the village of Los Pochos Eggos. His car collides with that of the mayor of the village. The mayor becomes enraged and he begins tearing Bob's car to pieces.






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Going Spanish (1934
1934 in film

Events*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...
) is a short comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
, and the film debut of Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
. It also starred Leah Ray, and Jules Epailly. Directed by Al Christie
Al Christie

Al Christie was a Canada-born film Film director, film producer and screenwriter....
, it premiered on March 2, 1934, and is also known as Bob's Busy Day.

Plot

While on vacation in South America, Bob passes through the village of Los Pochos Eggos. His car collides with that of the mayor of the village. The mayor becomes enraged and he begins tearing Bob's car to pieces. Bob retaliates and takes his car apart as well. According to the village tradition, on one day each year, any crime is forgiven provided that the criminal sing a song afterward. Bob could have been arrested, but instead he happened to appear in town on the appropriate day. Later in the film, Bob woos Senorita (Leah Ray) and begins to make the mayor jealous. Each time an offense is committed the mayor declares "This means war," a quote that would later be used in A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera (film)

A Night at the Opera is a comedy film starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx, and featuring Kitty Carlisle Hart, Allan Jones , Margaret Dumont, Siegfried Rumann, and Walter Woolf King....
 (1935).

Reaction

The film was very unsuccessful and was panned by critics. Shortly after it was released, the bank robber John Dillinger
John Dillinger

John Herbert Dillinger was a Bank robbery in the midwestern United States during the 1930s. Some considered him a dangerous criminal, while others idolized him as a present-day Robin Hood....
 was at large. Hope told a newspaper columnist that he had starred in the film and then added "When they catch Dillinger, they're going to make him sit through it twice." After Hope made this comment, Christie terminated Hope's contract. Hope then signed with Warner Bros. Studios and starred in his second film Paree, Paree (1934).

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