Fiesta is a 1941 American Technicolor 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
External links
1941 films
American romantic comedy films
1941 musical comedy films
1941 romantic comedy films
Hal Roach Studios
American romantic musical films
1940s romantic musical films
Films set in Mexico
United Artists films
Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) Films directed by LeRoy Prinz 1940s English-language films 1940s American films