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* ExtraLongEpisode: Almost all of Pete Smith's shorts were only one reel (about 10 minutes) but this one is two.
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[[caption-width-right:350:That's Judy on the left, singing about marijuana.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:That's Judy on the left, singing about marijuana.]]
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''La Fiesta de Santa Barbara'' is a 1935 short film (18 minutes) directed by Louis Lewyn.
It was produced and narrated by Pete Smith as one of his Film/PeteSmithSpecialties. This one is purportedly a film of the annual "[[https://www.sbfiesta.org/ Old Spanish Days]]" festival in Santa Barbara, but in reality it appears to be a purely Hollywood production. Pete Smith, as narrator, introduces several acts. Andy Devine and none other than Creator/BusterKeaton have an extended comic sketch in which Devine fights a "bull" that's actually two people in a silly bull costume. Joe Morrison the singing cowboy sings a song, Maria Gambarelli the ballerina dances, and there are other songs and comedy bits.
This short is best remembered for featuring a 13-year-old Creator/JudyGarland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters, who at that time performed together as The Garland Sisters. It also features a shocking number of cameos from MGM stars of the day.
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!!Tropes:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Smith introduces Edmund Lowe and Gilbert Roland, two of the celebrity cameos, as "a capable couple of kibitzing caballeros."
* {{Bandito}}: Leo Carrillo appears on horseback as a cartoonish parody of a bandito, in brownface, shooting his pistol around.
* BornInTheTheater: In his narration Pete Smith says that "in case somebody was climbing over you during the main title", the film takes place at the Fiesta of Santa Barbara.
* {{Brownface}}: A couple of actors are made up to look like Native Americans during the song "The Last Roundup", and other actors are made up to look more Mexican.
* TheCameo: Besides Buster Keaton (who had quite a bit of dialogue so this appearance can't really be called a "cameo"), and young Creator/JudyGarland singing with her sisters, other stars who pop up in this production include [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Harpo Marx]], Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/RobertTaylor, Creator/IdaLupino, and other stars of the day.
* {{Cowboy}}: The Hollywood "singing cowboy" kind, as a guy named Joe Morrison appears in cowboy get-up singing a song called "The Last Roundup".
* ElSpanishO: Pete Smith wonders if the audience knows what the word "fiesta" means (1935, people). So he says "'Fiesta' is taken from the Spanish word ''fiesta'', which means...fiesta."
* InteractiveNarrator: When Andy Devine appears onscreen, Pete Smith's narration introduces him. Devine says "Gosh, that sounds like Pete Smith's voice", and Devine banters with Smith's narration for a little bit.
* {{Narrator}}: Pete Smith, doing his usual droll, sarcastic narration.
* TorosYFlamenco: It's supposedly a celebration of Mexican culture in Santa Barbara, so naturally there has to be a fake bullfight, and a chorus of dancers doing the flamenco and clicking castanets.
It was produced and narrated by Pete Smith as one of his Film/PeteSmithSpecialties. This one is purportedly a film of the annual "[[https://www.sbfiesta.org/ Old Spanish Days]]" festival in Santa Barbara, but in reality it appears to be a purely Hollywood production. Pete Smith, as narrator, introduces several acts. Andy Devine and none other than Creator/BusterKeaton have an extended comic sketch in which Devine fights a "bull" that's actually two people in a silly bull costume. Joe Morrison the singing cowboy sings a song, Maria Gambarelli the ballerina dances, and there are other songs and comedy bits.
This short is best remembered for featuring a 13-year-old Creator/JudyGarland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters, who at that time performed together as The Garland Sisters. It also features a shocking number of cameos from MGM stars of the day.
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!!Tropes:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Smith introduces Edmund Lowe and Gilbert Roland, two of the celebrity cameos, as "a capable couple of kibitzing caballeros."
* {{Bandito}}: Leo Carrillo appears on horseback as a cartoonish parody of a bandito, in brownface, shooting his pistol around.
* BornInTheTheater: In his narration Pete Smith says that "in case somebody was climbing over you during the main title", the film takes place at the Fiesta of Santa Barbara.
* {{Brownface}}: A couple of actors are made up to look like Native Americans during the song "The Last Roundup", and other actors are made up to look more Mexican.
* TheCameo: Besides Buster Keaton (who had quite a bit of dialogue so this appearance can't really be called a "cameo"), and young Creator/JudyGarland singing with her sisters, other stars who pop up in this production include [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Harpo Marx]], Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/RobertTaylor, Creator/IdaLupino, and other stars of the day.
* {{Cowboy}}: The Hollywood "singing cowboy" kind, as a guy named Joe Morrison appears in cowboy get-up singing a song called "The Last Roundup".
* ElSpanishO: Pete Smith wonders if the audience knows what the word "fiesta" means (1935, people). So he says "'Fiesta' is taken from the Spanish word ''fiesta'', which means...fiesta."
* InteractiveNarrator: When Andy Devine appears onscreen, Pete Smith's narration introduces him. Devine says "Gosh, that sounds like Pete Smith's voice", and Devine banters with Smith's narration for a little bit.
* {{Narrator}}: Pete Smith, doing his usual droll, sarcastic narration.
* TorosYFlamenco: It's supposedly a celebration of Mexican culture in Santa Barbara, so naturally there has to be a fake bullfight, and a chorus of dancers doing the flamenco and clicking castanets.
