If nobody objects, id like to change the opening sentence to reflect that. With steffi duna, don alvarado, paul porcasi, eduardo durant. The film was designed by robert edmond jones, who was hired by pioneer pictures to design the film in a way to show the new fullcolor technicolor process no. We currently dont have any genres associated with this song. Senor martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local cafe in mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there. During 19101920, the people of mexico started a revolution for democratization, human rights, and to replace their leader, porfirio diaz.
In love with a stuckup dancer don alvarado, steffi. You must cancel before the trial ends to avoid charges. The cockroach is a traditional spanish folk corrido that became popular in mexico during the mexican revolution. Blue was a problem in the original twostrip technicolor, probably the reason the robert edmund jones design for this film features blues so prominently. While there are a few comedy moments from paul porcasi, the film is basically a tworeel musical. Ask your child to suggest different animals to sing about, and then teach the spanish name for that animal.
You could also look at pictures of animals while singing to further reinforce the lesson. How achim winter german tv channel zdf set out one morning to. Synopsis melody drama of dazzling splendor in technicolor. A musical short where the threestrip technicolor process was used for the first time. Its melody and rhythm sound ideal for a kids party. Martinez tells the cafe owner that if the dancer is as good as he has heard, he will offer the dancer a contract to perform in his theater. The film tells the story of a spanish singer steffi duna who is worried that her loverdancer don alvarado is about to be taken away for a bigger gig so she goes out of her way to ruin his meeting. Most of the verses are related to mexican culture but some specifically refer to the mexican revolution. In love with a stuckup dancer don alvarado, steffi tries to sabotage his efforts to land an important dancing engagement in mexico city, so that she wont be left alone. Text retrieved from on november 7th, 2014 contains the singing of. The song consists of verseandrefrain stropheantistrophe pairs, with each half of each pair consisting of four lines featuring an abcb rhyme scheme. First, she sabotages a salad being prepared for an important theatrical impresario. The origins of the song are unknown, but it was created for victoriano huerta, a mexican military officer and 35th president of mexico, known for the addiction issues he used to have. As the song says the cockroach cannot walk anymore, because he does not have, and he lacks his marijuana to smoke.