Episode 37: Viva Villa!

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

Another in a long line of Hollywood white wash casting, Viva Villa! is an absolutely infuriating, stereotypical portrayal of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa by Wallace Beery (The Champ, Grand Hotel). Not going to bury the lede— this movie fails the Screen Test of Time hard, but at least this episode will remind you of a minor Looney Tunes character you probably forgot about…? (Editorial correction: Katherine DeMille’s father died in World War I, not World War II.)

SHOW NOTES:

Year Eligible: 1934 (Nominated)

Additional audio: Viva Villa! (1934)

(Explicit language, as always)