Some Spanish melodys and the secondary romance of Buddy Ebsen and Diosa Costello is the only thing worth recommending in this completely forgettable archaon Musical that totally wastes its leading lady in a role that is completely inappropriate for her. The songs written by the Broadway team of Rodgers & Hart, just fresh off their groundbreaking "Pal Joey", are not up to their usual standard, and it's obvious that they wrote them quickly and sent them off to Hollywood just so they could meet a contractual obligation. if it wasn't for the dance numbers, including a big production towards the end, I would have given this a complete bomb.
O'Hara is miscast as an Argentinian girl whose father agrees to sell a bull to visiting Texan James Ellison. They didn't need a Lupe Velez style temperament for this character. In fact, Dolores del Rio would have been perfect for this role. The temperament goes to the diminutive Costello who seems to come up to the middle of epson's chest during their romantic (and fight) scenes. It's obvious that O'Hara and Ellison will quickly get over their animosity towards each other.
Alberto Vila, apparently a big Argentine star, gets the Spanish numbers and serves no real purpose in the plot other than to provide a slight romantic triangle which is never really developed. The musical numbers take up more than 20 minutes of the movie, which considering a plot makes that a nice distraction. Leslie Goodwin, who directed some of the "Mexican Spitfire" films, keeps the pace, but that's not enough to make this a movie worth recommending.
O'Hara is miscast as an Argentinian girl whose father agrees to sell a bull to visiting Texan James Ellison. They didn't need a Lupe Velez style temperament for this character. In fact, Dolores del Rio would have been perfect for this role. The temperament goes to the diminutive Costello who seems to come up to the middle of epson's chest during their romantic (and fight) scenes. It's obvious that O'Hara and Ellison will quickly get over their animosity towards each other.
Alberto Vila, apparently a big Argentine star, gets the Spanish numbers and serves no real purpose in the plot other than to provide a slight romantic triangle which is never really developed. The musical numbers take up more than 20 minutes of the movie, which considering a plot makes that a nice distraction. Leslie Goodwin, who directed some of the "Mexican Spitfire" films, keeps the pace, but that's not enough to make this a movie worth recommending.