The Girl from Mexico

The Girl from Mexico
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
Release dates
  • June 2, 1939 (1939-06-02)
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 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

References

  1. ↑ "The Girl from Mexico (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. ↑ Nugent, Frank S. "The-Girl-from-Mexico - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.


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