HOLIDAY IN MEXICO

Holiday in Mexico
MGM, 1946, Color, 127 minutes, ***½
Premiere release August, 1946
General release September, 1946

Jane is simply adorable as the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Walter Pidgeon. Jane goes about organizing a ball for the Ambassador, convincing Cugat and Iturbi to provide entertainment. With Cugie's band is an old flame of Daddy's - Ilona Massey. When Pidgeon finds out about that, he sets his sites on rekindling the flame. Darling daughter Jane is miffed at Daddy's preocupation, so she dumps boyfriend Roddy McDowall and begins persuing "old grandpa" Iturbi. It isn't long before things really get out of hand! Musical highlights include Janie's rendition of the "Italian Street Song," Jane and Girls Chorus singing "Les Filles de Cadiz," Massey's "You, So It's You," and Jane's finale number, "Ave Maria."

Produced by: Joe Pasternak
Directed by: George Sidney
Screen Play by: Isobel Lennart
Original Story by: William Kozlenko
Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll
Song Score: various
Choreography: Stanley Donen
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur A. Krams
Costume Supervision: Irene
Men's Costumes by: Valles
Make-Up Created by: Jack Dawn
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling
Special Effects: Warren Newcombe
Photographed in Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Henri Jaffa
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan

Cast: Walter Pidgeon [Jeffrey Evans], Jose Iturbi [Himself], Roddy McDowall [Stanley Owen], Ilona Massey [Toni Karpathy], Xavier Cugat [Himself], Jane Powell [Christine Evans], Hugo Haas [Angus], Mikhail Rasumny [Baranga], Helene Stanley [Yvette Baranga], William "Bill" Phillips [Sam], Amparo Iturbi [Herself], Tonia Hero [Herself], Teresa Hero [Herself], Marina Koshetz [Mme. Baranga], Linda Christian [Angel], Ann Codee [Margaret], Paul Stanton [Sir Edward Owen], Doris Lloyd [Cady Millicent Owen], Rosita Marstini [Maria], Fidel Castro [Bit]

Musical Program: [0:00] Main Title (overture) Holiday in Mexico (played and sung by Orchestra and Chorus behind titles, includes some vocal excerpts from some of the songs in the film); [0:03] Italian Street Song (sung by Jane Powell); [0:08] Happy Birthday to You (sung by Jane Powell and Walter Pidgeon); [0:15] Goodnight Sweetheart (sung by Walter Pidgeon and Jane Powell); [0:20] Someone to Love (sung by Ilona Massey with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra); [0:25] Les Filles de Cadiz (sung by Girls Chorus with Jose Iturbi at the piano); [0:28] Les Filles de Cadiz (sung by Jane Powell with Jose Iturbi at the piano); [0:35] Yo Te Amo Mucho (And That's That) (sung by Xavier Cugat and Chorus with Xavier Cuagat Orchestra); [0:40] Gypsy Lullaby (Csak egy szep lany can a vilagon) (sung by Ilona Massey); [0:44] The Music Goes 'Round and Around (sung by Ilona Massey and Mens Chorus); [0:47] You, So It's You (sung by Ilona Massey); [0:56] Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) (excerpt played by Jose Iturbi at the piano with Xavier Cugat's Orchestra); [1:05] Polonaise in A Flat (played by Jose Iturbi at the piano); [1:27] I Think of You (sung by Jane Powell with Jose Iturbi at the piano); [1:36] Liebestod (played by Jose and Amparo Iturbi at the piano); [1:38] Three Blind Mice (sung and played by Jose Iturbi); [1:39] Three Blind Mice "Boogie Woogie" arrangement (played by Jose and Amparo Iturbi at the piano, joined by Orchestra); [2:03] Ave Maria (sung by Jane Powell and Chorus); "Walter Winchell Rhumba" (sheet music only, not used); "Impatient Years" (not used); "These Patient Years" (not used)