Film: Summer Laughs — GAY DESPARADO (Mamoulian, 1936)

GAY DESPARADO, b&w, 86 minutes. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, 1936. Starring Nino Martini, Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, Harold Huber, James Blakeley, Stanley Fields, Mischa Auer, Adrian.

Pablo, a Mexican bandit is inspired by an American gangster film to reorganize his outlaw gang to Chicago standards and practices. Also a music lover, he kidnaps young opera singer, Chivo. Pablo then forces Chivo to kidnap the son of an American millionaire and his fiancée. When the rich boy escapes solo, the gay desperado serenades the fiery girlfriend—amid every sort of chaos.

A Buster Keaton short film will precede the feature.

Join us for a not-your-usual film. Here at 96th Street Library we try to continue an Art Film Theater tradition. We screen older, lesser known, foreign, avant-garde, feature length and short films usually grouped into a theme. If it's unusual we'll show it.