After the opening “Showgirls on Parade” dance number in Technicolor, masters of ceremonies Ramón Pereda, Rosita Moreno and Barry Norton introduce themselves. Charles (Buddy) Rogers and Lillian Roth sing “Any Time’s the Time to Fall in Love,” then Spanish actor Ernesto Vilches demonstrates his versatility in extracts from his characterizations as “Mr. Wu,” “Don Juan” and others. Maurice Chevalier and Evelyn Brent investigate the origins of the Apache dance, after which Nino Martini serenades Rosita Moreno from a Venetian gondola in a Technicolor sequence. The Albertina Rasch dancers perform, then Nancy Carroll and Abe Lyman and his band interpret “Dancing To Save Your Sole.” Harry Green and Kay Francis follow with “I’m Isadore, the Toreador” in Technicolor, and Juan Pulido sings popular songs in Spanish. Chevalier returns as a French gendarme, partroling in a park, and sings “All I Want Is Just One Girl,” after which Ramón Pereda introduces Mitzi Green who impersonates Chevalier and Charlie Mack. Richard Arlen, Jean Arthur, Mary Brian, Gary Cooper, James Hall, Fay Wray, Phillips Holmes and Virginia Bruce are featured in the Technicolor production number “Let Us Drink to the Girl of My Dreams.” “La Argentinita,” accompanied by guitarist Luis Yance, performs Spanish songs and dances. Clara Bow, Jack Oakie, Skeets Gallaher and a chorus of sailors sing “I’m True to the Navy Now,” then Dennis King sings “Nichavo!” directed, onscreen, by Ludwig Berger in Technicolor. After Rosita Moreno performs a fado, Chevalier and the dancers appear as Parisian chimney sweeps in the Technicolor finale, “Sweeping the Clouds Away.”More on Wikipedia or Mubi
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