Fiesta (1941 film)

Fiesta
Directed by	LeRoy Prinz
Screenplay by	Cortland Fitzsimmons Kenneth Higgins
Story by	Alfred Gilks
Produced by	LeRoy Prinz
Starring	Ann Ayars Jorge Negrete Armida George Givot
Narrated by	Robert C. Bruce
Cinematography	Robert Pittack
Edited by	Bert Jordan
Music by	Edward Ward
Production company	Hal Roach Studios
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	28 November 1941 (1941-11-28)
Running time	45 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$178,044 [1]
Box office	$195,936 [1]

Fiesta is a 1941 American Technicolor musical film directed by LeRoy Prinz that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners. The film was the motion picture debut of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera star Anne Ayars.

The film was re-released in 1948 by Favorite Films and retitled Gaiety.

Plot summary

Don Juan Hernández's niece Cholita returns to her village from Mexico City announcing she will not marry José, her village boyfriend, bur rather the radio star Fernando Gómez who has accompanied her home. José enlists two of his friends to pose as bandits to frighten the arrogant and cowardly Fernando and win Cholita back.

Cast

• Ann Ayars as Cholita
• Jorge Negrete as José
• Armida as Cuca
• George Givot as Fernando Gómez
• Antonio Moreno as Don Hernandez, Cholita's Uncle
• Nick Moro as Pedro
• Frank Yaconelli as Pablo
• George Humbert as Pancho
• Francisco Moreno as Paco
• Betty Bryson as Pancho's Wife
• Carlos Valadez as Oaxoco Plume Dancer
• José Arias as Leader of the Mexican Tipica Orchestra
• The Guadalajara Trio as Band
• Tipíca Orchestra of the Mexico City Police as Orchestra
• Robert C. Bruce as the Narrator

Soundtrack

• Ann Ayars - "I'll Never Forget Fiesta" (music by Nilo Meléndez, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
• Jorge Negrete - "Ride Mi Caballeros"
• Armida with The Guadalajara Trio - "Never Trust a Jumping Bean" (music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
• Frank Yaconelli, Earl Douglas and Nick Moro - "The Two Bravest Hombres in All Mexico" (written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter
• Jorge Negrete - "Quien Sabe" (music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
• Jorge Negrete and Ann Ayars - "Quien Sabe" (reprise) (music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
• Dancers and Tipíca Orchestra of the Mexico City Police, led by José Arias - Gypsy Dance
• Jorge Negrete and The Guadalajara Trio - "El Relajo" (written by Lamberto Leyva, Jesús Castillón and Oscar Felix)
• Ann Ayars and The Guadalajara Trio - "La Golondrina" (written by Narcisco Sarradell)

References

1. Ward, Richard Lewis (2005). A history of the Hal Roach Studios. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 213. ISBN   978-0-8093-2637-2.

External links

• Fiesta at IMDb
• Fiesta at the TCM Movie Database
• Fiesta at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Fiesta is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive