Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
- Starring:
- Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Cordova, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
Synopsis of Masquerade in Mexico
The Technicolor musical Masquerade in Mexico is Mitchell Leisen's remake of his own Midnight. Stranded in Mexico City without a dime, glamorous Angel O'Reilly (Dorothy Lamour) is rescued by wealthy Thomas Grant (Patric Knowles). But Grant's motivations are anything but altrustic. In order to get his wife Helen's (Ann Dvorak) mind off handsome bullfighter Manolo Segovia (Arturo de Cordova), Grant passes Angel off as a Contessa at a weekend party, reasoning that Segovia will switch his attentions to our heroine. Screenwriter Karl Tunberg has added a jewel-theft angle to the original Edwin Justis Mayer/Franz Spencer story, which improves things not at all. Masquerade in Mexico is admittedly a handsomer production than Midnight, but the remake lacks the sparkle of the original film's stars Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor et. al. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Masquerade in Mexico
- Dorothy Lamour - Angel O'Reilly
- Patric Knowles - Thomas Grant
- Natalie Schafer - Irene Denny
- Billy Daniels - Rico Fenway
- Theodore Rand
- Guy Zanette - Servant
- Don Avalier - Headwaiter
- James Flavin - FBI agent
- Rita Lupino - Specialty Dancer
- Eddie Laughton - FBI agent
- Stan Johnson - Guest
- Martin Garralaga - Jose
- Frank Leyva - Newspaperman
- Al Haskell - Taxi driver
- Lester Luther - Felipe Diaz
- Georges Rigaud - Boris Cassall
- Robert Middlemass - Customs official
- Mimi Doyle - Stewardess
- Charles Teske - Guest
- George Anderson - Customs official
- Arturo de Cordova - Manolo Segovia
- Ann Dvorak - Helen Grant
- Mikhail Rasumny - Paolo
- Pepito Pérez - Angel's chauffeur
- Dina Smirnova - Frieda Diaz
- Gordon Arnold - Guest
- Julia Faye - Guest
- John Marlowe - Guest
- Perc Launders - Customs Official
- Roberta Jonay - Guest
- Ernest Hilliard - Guest
- Miriam Franklin - Guest
- Charles Anthony Hughes - FBI Man
- Art Felix - Taxi driver
- Allen Pinson - Guest
- William Newell - FBI agent
- Frank Faylen - Brooklyn
- Ray Beltram - Taxi driver
- Jean Acker - Guest
- Mae Busch
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writer(s):
- Karl Tunberg
- Producer(s):
- Karl Tunberg
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