''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American

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film directed by

James Tinling James Tinling (May 8, 1889 in Seattle – May 14, 1967 in Los Angeles) was an American film director. He worked during the silent period as a prop boy and stuntman, and directed primarily for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. He has b ...

and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho.

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

also had an early role in the film. The film has been cited as a "ludicrously dated essay into South American caricature".

Plot

The womanizing

gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...

Cesar Campo lives a carefree life on the

Pampas The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...

. However, when a plane lands nearby he meets an attractive French singer and her unscrupulous fiancée who is so impressed by Cesar's horse that he arranges to have it stolen to enter in a

horse race Horse racing is an equestrianism, equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, ...

under a false name. Cesar pursues them to

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and after a flirtation with the French singer and a series of culture clashes in sophisticated hotels and restaurants he rescues the horse and returns home.

Cast

* Warner Baxter as Cesar Campo * Ketti Gallian as Yvonne LaMarr * J. Carrol Naish as Tito *

John Miljan John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1924 and 1958. Biography Born in 1892, Miljan was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four deca ...

as Graham Scott * Armida as Rosa * Ann Codee as Madame LaMarr * Jack La Rue as Bazan * George Irving as Don Bennett * Blanca Vischer as Elena * Veloz as Café Dancer – The Cobra Tango * Yolanda as Café Dancer – The Cobra Tango *

as Carmen (credited as Rita Cansino) * Tito Guízar as Café Singer *

Chris-Pin Martin Chris-Pin Martin (born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, November 19, 1893 – June 27, 1953) was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in ''The Cisco Kid'' film series. H ...

as Pietro *

Max Wagner Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 ...

as Big José *Philip Cooper as Little José * Sam Appel as Bartender *

Arthur Stone The Artognou stone, sometimes erroneously referred to as the Arthur stone, is an archaeological artefact uncovered in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was discovered in 1998 in securely dated sixth-century contexts among the ruins at Tintage ...

as Rosa's Father * George J. Lewis as Aviator *

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as Headwaiter *Marie Burton as Maid (credited as Catherine Cotter) *Soledad Jiménez as Soledad Jiménez

Merger of 1935

Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...

was run by Sidney Kent from 1930 to 1935. The company was in near bankruptcy in early 1935. It was not making enough money on its films but Sol Lesser Productions made a contract to make films with Fox Film. While on

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' side, it was making way more gross on the box office than Fox Film. On May 31, 1935, during the making of Fox Film's "Under the Pampas Moon", Sidney announced that the two companies intended merging. Eventually, the same day, they merged to form their biggest success,

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References

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* * 1935 films 1935 Western (genre) films 1930s romance films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American horse racing films American romance films Films directed by James Tinling Films set in Argentina Films set in Buenos Aires Fox Film films 1930s American films {{20th Century Studios-stub