| The Girl from Mexico | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Goodwins |
| Written by | Lionel Houser Joseph Fields |
| Produced by | Robert Sisk |
| Starring | Lupe Vélez Donald Woods Leon Errol Linda Hayes Donald MacBride Edward Raquello |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Edited by | Desmond Marquette |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte Harry Tierney Roy Webb |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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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 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.[1][2]