I am familiar with allied opinions of the bf 109 and fw. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost june 26, 1942 carmelita lupe velez and uncle matt leon errol 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, donald woods, linda hayes. Summer 1943 that the luftwaffe would create an air defense system in. Mexican spitfire series lupe velez uc berkeley library. Mexican spitfires blessed event poster 1 goldposter. Finally, mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 should have been retitled mexican spitfires greatest hits everything that happens takes place in a weird dejavu world of repeated jokes and situations. The mexican spitfire films are worthless without their timing, talent, and interaction.
By 1943 the series counted eight pictures, including the original the girl from mexico. Velez costarred with eddie albert in the romantic comedy, ladies day leslie goodwins, 1943, about an actress and a baseball player. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 carmelita is forced to feign a pregnancy after a telegram she sends is misunderstood. Initial fullscale production of the spitfire k9787, rolled off the production line at woolston, southampton in 1938. Spitfire pilot, 92 squadron, desert air force daf, italy 1944 1945. Mexican spitfire is a 1940 american comedy film starring lupe velez. Karachi kuala lumpur madrid melbourne mexico city mumbai. Overview of mexican spitfire s blessed event, 1943, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, at turner classic movies.
Credits and other information from the internet movie database mexican spitfires blessed event1943director, leslie goodwins. When lupe purchases a baby ocelot while on vacation, she sends a fracturedenglish telegram that leads everyone to believe that shes. The film was released on july 17, 1943, by rko pictures. 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. Carmelita gets a baby ocelot but must borrow a baby to help out. It is the sequel to the 1942 film mexican spitfires elephant. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cats new kittens. Lupe velez is back again in the leading role, as is leon errol as disguise. Lupe velez, first mexican actress to make it big in hollywood. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 in 1943 lupe velez considered returning to her native mexico for a farcical spanishlanguage version of romeo and juliet, playing against legendary comic actor cantinflas, the chaplin of mexico, before dropping out of the project and returning to hollywood. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 lupe valez carmelita lindsay, leon errol uncle matt lindsay lord.
Witolds opinion of some of the combat aircraft that he. Spitfire vb serial en830 nxx fell into german hands late in 1942. With lupe velez, leon errol, donald woods, elisabeth risdon. 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. Thus, even before a turbojetpowered aircraft had yet flown, the german military had.
The image attached to this story cannot be viewed for moderation or technical reasons. France in the wars of german unification, were widely misread. The 109 outclimbed the spitfire, but the spitfire held the edge in a turning fight. The national library of australias copies direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages clicking on the order now button below will open the ordering form in a new window which will allow you to enter the details of your request. First delivered rk799 16 august 1944, last rk925 11 october 1944. The first prototype, k5054, took flight on 5 th march 1936 at eastleigh in hampshire. The first mexican spitfire entry of 1942, mexican spitfire at sea is set mainly on a hawaiibound ocean liner. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 mexican spitfire. Blessed event concerns the confusion over carmelita lupe having a baby and how its existence, or nonexistence, influences lord eppings signature on a contract for carmelitas husband. In 2006, southampton airport was used to celebrate the 70 th anniversary of the first spitfire test flight organisers are saying that the event simply cannot go ahead if they are unable to use southampton airports runway. The big short 6 jared vennett s pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 07141943 us comedy, romance 1h 3m user score. Flew this aircraft he took part in aerial combat against bf.
Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 carmelita gets embroiled in intrigue surrounding a precious stolen gem. Spitfire pilot, 92 squadron, desert air force daf, italy. What was the german opinion of the spitfire and mustang. Mexican spitfires blessed event is a 1943 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 carmelita lupe velez, her husband walter reed and uncle mattlord epping leon errol confuse a deal in arizona. It crash landed on november 18th 1942 while being flown by po sous lt. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 million dollar mystery, the 1914 miniver story, the 1950 moana 1926 morgen gaat het beter 1939 mother, i need you 1918 mr. Built as mks ix and xvi between august and october 1944. Mexican spitfires baby 1941 cast and crew moviefone. Witolds opinion of some of the combat aircraft that he flew during world war 2. Following some tweaks to the design, on 3 rd june an order for 310 units was made. Spitfire definition of spitfire by the free dictionary. Lucky 1943 as crunk mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 as navajo room bartender the adventures mic check juelz santana song 51 words view diff exact match in snippet view article. Mexican spitfires blessed event, us poster art, lupe velez, left, leon errol, center and.
In 1943, the final film in the spitfire series, mexican spitfires blessed event leslie goodwins, 1943, was released. Here, velezs final turn as carmelita in the mexican spitfire series is all about motherhood. If the large nasod bomb doesnt explode, it will bounce frontwards once. The amount of englishspeaking ww2 air combat documentaries is legion, but few and far between do you get to. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mexican spitfire refers to a series of seven comedy films released by the rko pictures between 1940 and 1943 starring lupe velez and leon errol. Dennis mistakenly believes carmelita is going to have a baby. The machinegunarmed spitfire was retroactively renamed the mk ia. The warner archive mexican spitfire collection contains all 8 of the films featuring the mexican spitfire played by actress lupe velez. The mexican spitfires baby 1941 mexican spitfire at sea 1942 mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 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. Mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 the lindsay clan investigates a haunted house. Combining business with pleasure, vacationing advertsing man dennis charles buddy. Gloster meteor, an official request to have the event filmed was inexplicably. The commemoration of the spitfire has been celebrated since 1976 and usually involves the flypast of original spitfires.
Technology and the air force a retrospective assessment. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 rotten tomatoes. The oxford history of modern war central intelligence agency. Rko brought its mexican spitfire saga to a close with the eighth film in the series, mexican spitfires blessed event. Mexican spitfire movie collection my video classics.
By that time, the novelty of the series had begun to wane. Bernard scheidhauer of the free french air force, attached to. It took submarine two years to prepare for production, because of the complex design, which included thin. Hugh beaumont, leon errol, and lupe velez in mexican spitfire s blessed event 1943.
Van ruyters stratagem 1914 my american wife 1922 my ladys lips 1925 nanook of the north 1922 nick carter, master detective. Carmelitas fiery latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving exfiancee whos determined to. Overview of mexican spitfires blessed event, 1943, directed by leslie goodwins, with lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, at turner classic movies. 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. See more ideas about lupe velez, old hollywood and hollywood. As thucydides suggested in the fifth century bc, the events which happened in the past. In the early morning of 20 april 1942, fortyseven spitfire vs of 601 and 603 squadrons of the auxiliary air force launched from the deck of the american aircraft carrier the uss wasp, which had sailed to a position north of algiers. The supermarine spitfire and the rise of the shadow. With husband dennis preoccupied with a business deal, carmelita decides to teach him a lesson by running off to reno and filing for divorce.
The films are presented in order of theatrical release from 1939 through 1943. Carmelita lupe velez and her husbands charles buddy rogers french war baby is a blonde named fifi. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 movie moviefone. With lupe velez, leon errol, walter reed, elisabeth risdon. O bebe da discordia, mama estupenda, escandalo familiar. The spitfire offered performance similar to that of the superb bf 109e, almost exactly equal to the bf109e series below 15,000 ft 4,500 m, and slightly slower above. Mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 leslie goodwins.
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