The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

WHO'S LOONEY NOW?

NR 1941 · 69 min · ★ 4.6 · Comedy

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.

Directed by Leslie Goodwins · Written by Charles E. Roberts

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The Girl from MexicoThe Girl from Mexico · 1939
The Girl from Mexico
5.11939
MovieComedyAction
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Mexican SpitfireMexican Spitfire · 1940
Mexican Spitfire
5.01940
MovieComedy
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
Mexican Spitfire Out WestMexican Spitfire Out West · 1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
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Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
Mexican Spitfire at SeaMexican Spitfire at Sea · 1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
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An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire" comedy series.
Mexican Spitfire Sees a GhostMexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost · 1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
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Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
Mexican Spitfire's ElephantMexican Spitfire's Elephant · 1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
5.41942
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A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed EventMexican Spitfire's Blessed Event · 1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.

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Radio Stars on Parade
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SeriesComedy
Valentine's Day is a 1964 comedy television series that appeared on ABC's schedule. The series starred Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging Manhattan publishing executive, and Jack Soo, later of Barney Miller as Rocky Sin, Farrow's poker-playing con-artist valet. The show was created by Hal Kanter and lasted only one season. One noteworthy episode was produced as a tie-in to the movie Rio Conchos, in which Franciosa co-starred; he played both Valentine and his Mexican character from the feature.
The Life of RileyThe Life of Riley · 1949
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Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
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7.51939
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7.41964
SeriesComedyFamily
The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.
Fugitives for a NightFugitives for a Night · 1938
Fugitives for a Night
7.31938
MovieMysteryRomance
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
77 Sunset Strip77 Sunset Strip · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
7.21958
SeriesCrimeDrama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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