Holiday in Mexico
The U.S. Ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
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"'Holiday in Mexico' may not be a great film, but it is good at what it set out to do, doesn't try to be any more than it is and knows exactly what it wants to be. Its weak link is the thin and insipid story, the first half being almost plot less, which also suffers from draggy pacing that is especially uninteresting in the scenes between Roddy McDowell and Jane Powell that dominate too much of the second half. The overlong length, not unusual in George Sidney's 1940s films. McDowell has an annoying caricature character, and not only does he do little with it but he does gr..."
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Contrary to rumor, a young Fidel Castro does not appear as an extra. The rumor grew from two sources: his yearbook, in which teachers noted that he was "somewhat of an actor," and a 1943 interview where Xavier Cugat cryptically referred to one of his dancers becoming "a South American general." In his 1948, Cugat references being an acquaintance of Huber Benitez, who later became a General and supporter of Fulgencio Batista, whom Castro overthrew in 1959.
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The U.S. Ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.