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The Girl from Mexico
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Wikipedia article
'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 Vlez, 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 Vlez'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.
Plot summary
Cast
* Lupe Vlez 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
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