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 eight 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.
Plot Denny Lindsay, a radio man, brings back a singer, Carmelita Fuenes, from Mexico.
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 AllMovie