The Girl from Mexico
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| Directed by | Leslie Goodwins |
| Produced by | Robert Sisk |
| Written by | Lionel Houser Joseph Fields |
| Starring | Lupe Vélez Donald Woods Leon Errol Linda Hayes Donald MacBride Edward Raquello |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte Harry Tierney Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Edited by | Desmond Marquette |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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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 serie 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]
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
External links
- The Girl from Mexico at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Girl from Mexico at IMDb
- Turner Classic Movies page
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