UNITED STATES · 1938
Little Pancho Vanilla
Frank Tashlin
Classical Hollywood
bullfighting
coming of age
underdog protagonist
mexican culture
overcoming adversity
Synopsis
Little Pancho Vanilla dreams of becoming a bullfighter, but his mother tells him that's impossible. The greatest bullfighter in Mexico, Don Jose, is coming to town; Pancho tells the local women he's better, so he goes to the amateur tryout, but he gets thrown out because he's so small. The bull quickly disposes of the other amateurs, sending one over the fence, where he catapults Pancho into the r
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