The Girl from Mexico (1939)
June 1, 1939Release Date
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
June 1, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Lupe Vélez
Carmelita Fuentes
Donald Woods
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
Leon Errol
Uncle Matthew 'Matt' Lindsay
Linda Hayes
Elizabeth Price
Donald MacBride
L. B. Renner
Edward Raquello
Tony Romano
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Della Lindsay
Ward Bond
Mexican Pete - the Wrestler
Ernie Alexander
Man Throwing Confetti
Tom Coleman
Wrestling Match Spectator
Carlos De Valdez
Mexican Judge
Leslie Goodwins
Director
Jack Gargan
Casa del Toro Patron
Lionel Houser
Writer
Joseph Fields
Writer
Martín Garralaga
Carmelita's Relative
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 1, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 11m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
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.