The Girl from Mexico
The Girl from Mexico | |
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Directed by | Leslie Goodwins |
Written by | Lionel Houser Joseph Fields |
Produced by | Robert Sisk |
Starring | Lupe Vélez Donald Woods Leon Errol Linda Hayes Donald MacBride Edward Raquello |
Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Edited by | Desmond Marquette |
Music by | Albert Hay Malotte Harry Tierney Roy Webb |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Girl from Mexico is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Lionel Houser and Joseph Fields. The film stars Lupe Vélez, who plays a hot-headed, fast-talking Mexican singer taken to New York for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for herself.
This low-budget film's unexpected box-office success resulted in a sequel, Mexican Spitfire, and eventually a film series of seven films all together. All eight were directed by Goodwins, used venerable comedian Leon Errol as a comic foil, and showcased Vélez's comic persona, indulging in broken-English malapropisms, troublemaking ideas, sudden fits of temper, occasional songs, and bursts of Spanish invective. The film was released June 2, 1939, by RKO Radio Pictures.[1][2]
Plot summary[]
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Cast[]
- Lupe Vélez as Carmelita Fuentes
- Donald Woods as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
- Leon Errol as Uncle Matthew 'Matt' Lindsay
- Linda Hayes as Elizabeth Price
- Donald MacBride as L. B. Renner
- Edward Raquello as Tony Romano
- Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Della Lindsay
- Ward Bond as Mexican Pete, the Wrestler
References[]
- ^ "The Girl from Mexico (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (2015). "The-Girl-from-Mexico - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
External links[]
- The Girl from Mexico at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Girl from Mexico at IMDb
- The Girl from Mexico at the TCM Movie Database
- The Girl from Mexico at AllMovie
- 1939 films
- English-language films
- American films
- Films directed by Leslie Goodwins
- 1939 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s comedy film stubs