Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 carmelita is forced to feign a pregnancy after a telegram she sends is misunderstood. Mexican spitfires baby 1941 cast and crew moviefone. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Combining business with pleasure, vacationing advertsing man dennis charles buddy. Thanks to flirtatious dianas efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with spitfire carmelita now a blonde playing a prominent part. Released in march of 1942, the film must have seemed especially.
Carmelita lupe velez and her husbands charles buddy rogers french war baby is a blonde named fifi. The lindsay s are on a ship to hawaii for their delayed second honeymoon. The film was released on september 11, 1942, by rko pictures. Mexican spitfire s elephant 1942 mexican spitfire s blessed event 1943 each film is not simply a comedic film, but a satire of the cultural shock and stereotypes of the mexican people and latin american people in general in the american society at the time. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 carmelita lupe velez, her husband walter reed and uncle mattlord epping leon errol meet gem smugglers at sea. The lindsays are on a ship to hawaii for their delayed second honeymoon. I still love lupe velez, the little that i got here, saving some of this from the double madness. Lupe velez is back again in the leading role, as is leon errol as disguise. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 rotten tomatoes. Mexican spitfire movie collection my video classics. The baldwins are social climbers that will do business with lindsay if they can meet lord epping. The mexican spitfires baby is a 1941 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. The mexican spitfires baby 1941 11281941 us comedy 1h 9m user score.
Unknown to carmelita, dennis is using the trip to secure a contract with mr. But the real spark of the spitfire films is velez, the mexican stunner. She plays a hotheaded, fasttalking mexican singer taken to new york for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for herself. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 each film is not simply a comedic film, but a satire of the cultural shock and stereotypes of the mexican people and latin american people in general in the american society at the time. It also brings an inevitable feeling of exhaustion to the. The film stars lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, elisabeth risdon, lydia bilbrook, marion martin, lyle talbot and luis alberni. Both lupe valez and mantan moreland are completely wasted in this film. I now have a major crush on a woman who committed suicide in 1944. With lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, elisabeth risdon. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The girl from mexico, mexican spitfire, mexican spitfire out west, mexican. With lupe velez, leon errol, donald woods, elisabeth risdon.
Movie database mexican spitfires elephant1942director, leslie goodwins. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 07141943 us comedy, romance 1h 3m user score. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. The first mexican spitfire entry of 1942, mexican spitfire at sea is set mainly on a hawaiibound ocean liner. This time carmelita gets involved with jewel smugglers, who hide their contraband in a little ceramic elephant.
Having already doubleoverdosed on leon errols lord basil epping scenario after watching mexican spitfire out west 1940, if was not so wise to watch the mexican spitfires baby 1941 straight after. With husband dennis preoccupied with a business deal, carmelita decides to teach him a lesson by running off to reno and filing for divorce. Lupe velez plays the scatterbrainspitfire carmelita, whose life is riddled with shenanigans in this hilarious 8 film set. Mexican spitfires baby 1941 cast and crew carmelita lupe velez and her husbands charles buddy rogers french war baby is a blonde named fifi. Mexican spitfire comedies, mexican spitfires elephant 1942 and. Combining business with pleasure, vacationing advertsing man dennis charles buddy rogers hopes to sign a contract with a wealthy client. The character actor walter reed was a veteran of over 150 films, mostly. The film was released on november 28, 1941, by rko pictures.
In this sense, the spitfire cast is almost like a repertory company, which contributes to the fun, but not necessarily to storytelling continuity. Carmelita and uncle matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the ghosts are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb. With lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers, elisabeth risdon. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 the movie database tmdb. Dizzy carmelita and uncle matt inadvertently become involved with thieves smuggling jewels inside a ceramic elephant. What film was the supporting feature for the legendary citizen kane during its premiere run in new york in 1941. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost, mexican spitfires elephant, mexican spitfires. The mexican spitfire collection manufactured on demand on. The mexican spitfire series is a virtual prequel to i love lucy, with lupe velez a remarkable combination of both lucy and ricky. Lord epping leon errol is on a ship on his way to the states when jewel smugglers marion martin and lyle talbot spot him as an easy prey to smuggle their jewel hidden in a small.
He had just completed alfred hitchcocks foreign correspondent 1940 and. Jewel thieves marion martin and lyle talbot are using the precious pachyderm to smuggle an emerald, with lord epping leon. This time around, tempetuous carmelita lupe velez and her staid american. Rko brought its mexican spitfire saga to a close with the eighth film in the series, mexican spitfires blessed event.
Following completion of the trail blazers series, bob steele and hoot gibson were paired in three other monogram westerns, with the only connection to the trail blazers series being steele and gibson in the cast and production and distribution by monogram, with various monogram people. And silent film leading lady zazu pitts plays the same character though with entirely different personalities in mexican spitfires baby 1941 and the followup, mexican spitfire at sea 1942. Cast and crew credits for mexican spitfires elephant, 1942, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, at turner classic movies. An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman. Even nonfans of rko radios mexican spitfire series will garner a few healthy laughs from mexican spitfires baby. In the first film, the girl from mexico, carmelita meets her future husband dennis stuffy, his uncle matt nice, and aunt della. Mexican spitfire is a 1940 american comedy film starring lupe velez. Mexican spitfires elephant september 17, 1942 a pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded lord epping to. Mexican spitfire s elephant 1942 no, the third mexican spitfire movie lupe velez made in 1942 isnt a circus movie the elephant in question is an onyx knickknack, not unlike the stuff that dreams are made of bird in the previous years the maltese falcon 1941. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 the lindsay clan investigates a haunted house. A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded lord epping to get it past customs. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 no, the third mexican spitfire movie lupe velez made in 1942 isnt a circus movie the elephant in question is an onyx knickknack, not unlike the stuff that dreams are made of bird in the previous years the maltese falcon 1941.
Mexican spitfires elephant is the penultimate film in the series and again repeats all its old gags of mistaken identities and spats in the lindsay households. Between 1939 and 1943, the mexicanborn lupe velez teamed with rubberlegged onetime ziegfeld follies star leon errol for a series of eight fastpaced, slapstick comedies about the adventures of a fiery latin singer velez. In this comedy, an entry in the mexican spitfire series, the feisty young wife finds herself in deep trouble when she gets involved with jewel thieves who are smuggling their loot across the. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 carmelita gets embroiled in intrigue surrounding a precious stolen gem.
Now, his lordship is visiting uncle matt lindsay who looks just like him. Mexican spitfire s elephant is a 1942 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. The elephant finally turns up at the benefit, just in time to save. It is the sequel to the 1940 film mexican spitfire out west. Uncle matt lindsay, speaking to his wife, della mexican spitfires elephant.
She previously played the role of fifi in two of the mexican spitfire movies. The mexican spitfire collection, dvd, manufactured on demand, comedyclassic, 883316338858. Read the full synopsis of mexican spitfires elephant, 1942, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, at turner classic movies. Charles buddy rogers went to war, so his place in mexican spitfires elephant 1942 was taken by walter reed seven men from now. The mexican spitfires baby 1941 the movie database. Mexican spitfires elephant is a 1942 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. Leon errol and lupe velez in mexican spitfires elephant 1942 lyle talbot and. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 directed by leslie. The penultimate mexican spitfire film was the third to be released in just six monthsa sign that the hijinx of carmelita lupe velez and uncle matts lord epping leon errol impersonation were a hit with audiences. The mexican spitfires baby 1941 directed by leslie. It is the sequel to the 1942 film mexican spitfire sees a ghost.
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