Cuban Pete (film)

Cuban Pete
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	Bernard Feins Robert Presnell Sr. M. Coates Webster
Starring	Desi Arnaz Joan Fulton Don Porter Ethel Smith
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Music by	Milton Rosen
Color process	Black-and-white
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 1946 (1946-06)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cuban Pete is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

The film with a simple comedy plot contains many numbers of Cuban music and dance, including the song of the same name by Joseph Norman. It was used in the television show I Love Lucy (episodes: "The Diet", with Lucille Ball as Sally Sweet and "Lucy Goes to a Rodeo" as an alternative version, "Texas Pete") and in the 1994 film The Mask.

Plot

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted to Ann, Arnaz and his band come to New York but complications arise when the squeaky-voiced, addle-brained sponsor of the program decides she wants to be the vocalist on the program.

Accolades

American Film Institute recognition

• 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
  • "Cuban Pete" – Nominated ^[1]

References

1. "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-30.

External links

• Cuban Pete at IMDb