The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to ... See full summary
Charros, gauchos y manolas (1930) Online
The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Carmen Castillo | - | Mexican artist |
 | Delia Magaña | - | Mexican artist |
| Samuel Pedraza | - | Mexican artist |
| Carlos Gómez Don Chema | - | Mexican artist |
 | Paul Ellis | - | Argentinian artist |
| Carmen Granada | - | Argentinian artist |
| Vicente Padula | - | Argentinian artist |
| Carlos Lucanti | - | Argentinian artist |
 | Maria Alba | - | Spanish artist |
 | Martin Garralaga | - | Spanish artist |
| Marina Ortiz | - | Spanish artist |
| José Peña | - | Spanish artist (as Pepet) |
| Romualdo Tirado | - | Master of Ceremonies |
A contemporary news item announced that the producers would also prepare an English-language version, "Hollywood Spanish Follies", but no evidence has been located to confirm that that film was ever made.