''The Girl from Mexico'' is a 1939 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Leslie Goodwins Leslie Goodwins (17 September 1899 – 8 January 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1967, notably 27 features and shorts with Leon Errol, including the Mexican Spitfire series. ...

and written by Lionel Houser and

Joseph Fields Joseph Albert Fields (February 21, 1895 – March 4, 1966)According to the State of California. ''California Death Index, 1940–1997''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, Californiaancestry.com/ ...

. 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 RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orphe ...

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 Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Ber ...

as Mexican Pete, the Wrestler

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* * * * 1939 films Films directed by Leslie Goodwins 1939 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub