LA CUCARACHA (1934, directed by Lloyd Corrigan) in HD technicolor

Jock Whitney and his cousin C. V. Whitney, the owners of Pioneer, were also major investors in theTechnicolor Corporation. La Cucaracha was made like a short feature and cost about $65,000. The usual short cost aout $15,000. Producer Kenneth Macgowan won an Academy Award in 1935 for Best Comedy Short Subject. In and of itself, La Cucaracha is a modestly entertaining two-reeler concerning the antics of a jealous Mexican cantina girl (Steffi Duna) in love with a stuck-up dancer (Don Alvarado). Steffi t
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