The magnificent ambersons was released on a double bill in support of the mexican spitfire sees a ghost. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 movie moviefone. At least this entry in the series does away with any pretensions and starts the movie off with errols lord epping followed by errols uncle matt. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost, mexican spitfires elephant, mexican spitfire blessed event. It is the sequel to the 1941 film the mexican spitfires baby. The film was released on july 17, 1943, by rko pictures. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 uncle matt leon errol uses dog fur to pose as lord epping on business with carmelita lupe velez, but a group of saboteurs up to no good in the basement try. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 full movie download. Its ten minutes into the movie before lupe velezs carmelita shows up.
Hilarious, especially the third film in the series, mexican spitfire out west. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Feisty lupe velez returns with her husband leon errol who buy a ramshackle house and find it haunted by agents making nitroglycerin for the enemy. Home message board index film and other arts other film discussion other directors films 1900 1960 mexican spitfire sees a ghost and so can we film that helped sink ambersons is back discuss nonwelles films made between these years.
Its time for another mexican spitfire movie starring leon errol. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Dennis mistakenly believes carmelita is going to have a baby. Le film mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 vostfr admin 20170410t02. For the film series, see mexican spitfire film series. Watch mexican spitfire sees a ghost full movie in hd visit movie 268050 carmelita lupe velez and uncle matt leon errol find th. All the trivia you can handle about mexican spitfire sees a ghost, 1942, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers.
Overview of mexican spitfire sees a ghost, 1942, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers, at turner classic movies. Star lupe velez, her conservative adman husband charles buddy rogers and good old uncle matt find themselves in a supposedly haunted house. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 directed by leslie. Surrounded in mystery, these ghost videos are nonetheless quite creepy. Lets make music is a 1941 musical starring bob crosby and written by nathanael west.
Mexican spitfire sees a ghost looks more like a columbia tworeel comedy than an rko feature film. After making one film titled mexican spitfire in 1940, she then went on to make entire series of spitfire films including mexican spitfire out west 1940, mexican spitfires baby 1941, mexican spitfire at sea 1941, mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942, mexican spitfires elephant 1942 and mexican spitfires blessed event 1943. In 1944, velez returned to mexico to star in an adaptation of emile zolas novel nana, which was well received. The other take on rather pedantic titles, being titled mexican spitfire, mexican spitfire out west, mexican spitfires baby, mexican spitfire at sea, mexican spitfire sees a ghost, mexican spitfires elephant, and finally mexican spitfires blessed event. Mexican spitfire series lupe velez uc berkeley library. The mexican spitfire collection manufactured on demand on tcm. Mexican spitfire out west 1940, finds velez planning a surprise for her husband, but suddenly suspects hes cheating on her. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost posters for sale online. The film was released on september 11, 1942, by rko pictures. Anyone in your organization can use it an unlimited number of times for. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost movie posters from movie. With lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, elisabeth risdon. Trailer for the 1940 comedy, mexican spitfire, starring lupe velez, donald woods, leon errol and linda hayes. The other take on rather pedantic titles, being titled mexican spitfire, mexican spitfire out west, mexican spitfires baby, mexican spitfire at sea, mexican spitfire sees a ghost, mexican spitfires elephant, and finally mexican spitfires blessed event as the series ages most of the cast change a.
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Mexican spitfire sees a ghost is a 1942 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. Carmelita thinks it is her long delayed honeymoon, but dennis is planning to use the trip for business. Rko, threatened by hearst for making kane, and not at all happy with its low box office quickly became disenchanted with wonder boy welles, slashing his next film the magnificent ambersons to ribbons, releasing it as a b feature with mexican spitfire sees a ghost as the a. With lupe velez, leon errol, donald woods, elisabeth risdon. With lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers, elisabeth risdon. Feisty lupe velez returns with her husband leon errol who buy a ramshackle house and find it haunted by agents making nitroglycerin for the. And hell hath no fury like a spitfire unhoneymooned mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 the.
As an entry in the series, mexican spitfire sees a ghost seems like the biggest wasted opportunity of the bunch. Watch mexican spitfire sees a ghost full movie in hd visit carmelita lupe velez and uncle matt leon errol find th. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 leslie goodwins, lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers, comedy april 24, 2018 the troubles begin when, in the absence of lord epping, his you partner, dennis and the latters aunt della open up eppings country estate to entertain a pair of visitors who have come from canada to see the. Carmelitas fiery latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving exfiancee whos determined to break up their marriage. With husband dennis preoccupied with a business deal, carmelita decides to teach him a lesson by running off to reno and filing for divorce. May 26, 20 i liked it so much i ordered the complete eight film series 193943 on 4 dvds from amazon. But she became disappointed with her film career, and moved to new york where she worked in broadway productions. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 james higgins 20100210. The film was released on march, 1942, by rko pictures. Mexican spitfire complete 8movie collection the covers are virtually identical, so be careful. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost, poster, from left, bottom, lupe velez, leon errol, 1942. Mexican spitfire, mexican spitfire out west, mexican spitfire baby, mexican spitfire at sea. With lupe velez, leon errol, donald woods, linda hayes.
The spitfire character is a sort of combination of lucy and desi, hot tempered, fast talking, and. Mexican spitfires blessed event is a 1943 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. I was very pleased to see that has taken the time to gather all the movies in the series into one easy to collect box set. Today a post about the talented and gorgeous latin star lupe velez and her last and best known career phase, her mexican spitfire comedies. While worth watching as historical curiosities, to the modern sensibility these films seem both sexist and racist. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 full movie download full. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 dumps the cast into a fake haunted house set up by foreign agents manufacturing explosives. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 turner classic movies tcm. The other take on rather pedantic titles, being titled mexican spitfire, mexican spitfire out west, mexican spitfire s baby, mexican spitfire at sea, mexican spitfire sees a ghost, mexican spitfire s elephant, and finally mexican spitfire s blessed event as the series ages most of the cast change a. Unfortunately, he does not state which war and epping gets one from wwi. Newlyweds dennis and carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage. Aug 26, 2012 perhaps after the debacle that was mexican spitfire sees a ghost, rko decided it was time to return to the roots of the series.
In a series of extremely funny comedies for rko she played the title character, carmelita lindsay. Simon callow on orson welless political involvements. Aug 10, 2015 ghost of raf spitfire pilot killed in ww2 tries to thumb a lift bear belsay. By that time, the novelty of the series has begun to wane. Mexican spitfire is a 1940 american comedy film starring lupe velez. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 leslie goodwins, lupe. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 they lindsays set out on a cruise to hawaii. Unknown to carmelita, dennis is using the trip to secure a contract with mr. The mexican spitfires baby guarda film con sottotitoli in italiano gratuitamente. May 19, 2006 but they are the key to understanding the film maker, says simon callow.
Carmelita and uncle matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the ghosts are actually. The other seven films were good, but not up to the level of mexican spitfire out west. Again, the whole show is leon errols very good impersonation performance, now run so far into the ground that its a wonder audiences could put up with it. Mexican spitfires baby, released in 1941, was intended to be the final film in the series until box office receipts again encouraged additional installments. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 the lindsay clan investigates a haunted. Errol plays a hilarious dual role in mexican spitfire 1940, which picks up the saga of velez and woods as newlyweds. Actually the ghosts are enemy spies, who try to scare off the visitors so they can develop their nitroglycerin bombs in peace. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost, poster, from left, bottom. Mexican spitfires baby 1941 brings a 20yearold orphan into the household. September 20, 1906 april 28, 1978 was an american cinematographer who won the academy award for best cinematography, color, for the 1960 film spartacus. Le film mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 vostfr film. Ghost of raf spitfire pilot killed in ww2 tries to thumb a lift bear belsay. Perhaps after the debacle that was mexican spitfire sees a ghost, rko decided it was time to return to the roots of the series.
The songs in lets make music include the classic big noise from winnetka. The movies were a comedy featuring the character of carmelita lindsay lupe velez, a sympathetic and temperamental mexican singer who leaves her career and her native country to meet dennis lindsay, an elegant and handsome american businessman. Simon callow on orson welless political involvements film. It is the sequel to the 1942 film mexican spitfires elephant. The devil diamond is a 1937 american film directed by leslie goodwins the film is also known as peter b. The complete collection of mexican spitfire movies starring lupe velez. The film was the sequel of the film the girl from mexico. The mexican spitfire collection, dvd, manufactured on demand, comedyclassic, 883316338858. The series grinded to a halt with mexican spitfires blessed event in 1943. The baldwins are social climbers that will do business with lindsay if they can meet lord epping. To help them settle down with a house and children, uncle matt writes lord epping for his help in getting the lindsays a war orphan. 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. Velez was one of the first mexican actresses to succeed in.
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