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^□□□□□□OOOODOnOOOODQu Qoor-IOLLYWOC3D0THE LITTLEST OUTLAWWALT Disney’s Easter present to the children of Winnipeg is a winning, honest and wistfully touching film from Mexico. Adults who prize these virtues will also find the saga of Pablito and his horse well worth their while. The Gaiety theatre, where The Littlcst Outlaw is being shown, was thronged with youngsters and their! parents on Wednesday, and j greeted it with obvious enlhushj asm.Although the film hears the imprint of a Disney presentation. it was produced independently across the border by a craftsman calied Larry Lans-burgh, and it bears the obviousi\cinclo Sbon CadeoSPresentsiVAnaiKii nr\Am/rtimprint of a man who is an adroit storyteller with a love for children and animals.The Littlest Outlaw makes no pretentions at big, splashy scenes of excitement, reserving its big moment for the end of the film when a brave little Mexican boy braves the bull arena to rescue the horse who has been condemned to the horns of the maddened beast. Elsewhere, it jaunts along from incident lo incident, building up characterization in heartwarming fashion. Its little hern, 10-yoar-old Andres Velasquez, is a striking child with great, block eyes and a sensitive face. The blight of precocious professionalism never descends on him.Andres was- disnorerod by Larry Lansburgh in a Mexican hotel. Ifc matched perfectly what the producer had in mind and luckily he was the product of an American school where both English and Span-ish were lauchL The remainder of the cast 5s made up o: fine, but virtually unknown names so far as American and Canadian fans are concerned. The distinguished Mexican actor, Pedro Armendariz. who has appeared in a number of films for companies on both sides oi the border, has been cast as a proud general and Joseph Calleia has been given the role of a kindly priest who befriends a runaway child. They, and their colleagues fit neatly into the Mexican landscape, which has been photographed beautifully in technicolor.The Littlest Outlaw employs that oldest of screen formulas, the chase. Pablito (Andres Velasquez) adores the proud steed, Conquistador, property of Gen. Torres (Mr. Armendariz.) A cruel groom tries to goad the animal inlo taking high jumps by raking its stomach with spikes. The animal balks, is condemned to dealh, and little Pablito runs off with it, determined that it will live.His wanderings take him to a kindly barber and his companions, a train journey, a Mexican village at the time of celebration and finally to the bull ring. This brief outline doesn’t fill in the details that make the movie so endearing, and the factors that build it into a superior film for children and adults.It is heartily recommended.It is heartily recommended. Also recommended is the accompanying revival of Johnny Ap-pleseed, one of Disney’s most beguiling and enduring excursions into the cartoon art. Johnny Ap-if;llt;
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Apr 05, 1956
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