Xavier cugat and josé iturbi ! Jeff evans is ambassador to mexico. And right at the start, his daughter christine sings something so high it almost hurts. That's sixteen year old jane powell, in her third film role. Eighteen year old brit roddy mcdowall is stanley, who thinks he's in love with christine. But she doesn't have time for such things. There's something weird about stanley's voice... it sounds like it's been dubbed by a five year old. Maybe his british accent was too strong and needed to be replaced. The awesome grady sutton is in here as iturbi's personal assistant. Christine is throwing a party, and wants everything to go just right. It's pretty good. Most of the story is silly, but it's fun to see iturbi and cugat perform in their prime! Mcdowall and powell went on to become pretty big hollywood stars. Pidgeon was nominated for two oscars...for mrs. Miniver and mrs. Curie. And check out that cool giraffe piano iturbi plays at 87 minutes, while christine sings! More on it in the trivia section and in wikipedia. Although wikipedia credits it to someone else, a few years later. Directed by george sidney. All in living technicolor.
Review of Holiday in Mexico
