Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 mexican spitfires elephant 1942 mexican spitfires blessed event 1943 each film is not simply a comedic film, but a satire of the cultural shock and stereotypes of the mexican people and latin american people in general in the american society at the time. Beautiful and vivacious lupe velez plays irrepressible carmelita, a scatterbrain whose attempts to add spice to her life and luster to her marriage always result in farcical shenanigans galore. It is the sequel to the 1941 film the mexican spitfires baby. It was during the next attempt on 7 march 1942 that the full contingent of fifteen spitfires was flown off from hms eagle off algiers at the distance of 650 miles from malta. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 uncle matt leon errol poses as lord epping and helps carmelitas lupe velez husband clinch a shipboard deal. Indeed, in a largely forgotten chapter of the conflict, three spitfireequipped fighter groups were the first u. Mitchell, british aircraft designer, and his development of the famous spitfire fighter plane. The warner archive mexican spitfire collection contains all 8 of the films featuring the mexican spitfire played by actress lupe velez. Mexican spitfire series lupe velez uc berkeley library. The north american b25 mitchell bomber played a significant role during world war two. Leslie howard directed, produced, and starred in this powerful film his last based on the life of british aircraft designer r.
Jimmy doolittle for the tokyo raid on april 18, 1942. The mexican spitfire collection manufactured on demand on tcm. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Each group was composed of three squadrons of 16 fighters. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your. The series grinded to a halt with mexican spitfires blessed event in 1943. Mexican spitfire at sea download vostfr mexican spitfire at sea dvdrip fr mexican spitfire at sea dvdrip streaming. The supermarine seafire was the naval version of the spitfire, but never shared that aircrafts impressive reputation, instead becoming known as a fragile aircraft not well suited to carrier operations. In this sense, the spitfire cast is almost like a repertory company, which contributes to the fun, but not necessarily to storytelling continuity. The spitfire versions in the video in mark number order and not in order of appearance in the video are, i believe, as follows. The book describes spitfire ixs used by polish pilots in britain during 19421943, both in polish squadrons and in raf and auxiliary units. This book is dedicated completely to covering the markings and colors of spitfire mk vs on malta in 1942. Mexican spitfire at sea is a 1942 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by charles e. Mexican spitfire at sea brings back the fifi character.
Hilarious, especially the third film in the series, mexican spitfire out west. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 film complet en francais a 20170529t02. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 they lindsays set out on a cruise to hawaii. The films are presented in order of theatrical release from 1939 through 1943. Army air force fighters to engage german aircraft in aerial combat during world war ii. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 mexican spitfire at sea.
Laguardia the operators figure they can stage f fair replica of a mardi gras and perhaps draw enough trade to close the sea. With lupe velez, leon errol, charles buddy rogers, zasu pitts. Mexican spitfire at sea, lupe velez, marion martin, leon errol, harry holman, 1942. In this comedy, an entry in the mexican spitfire series, the feisty young wife finds herself in deep trouble when she gets involved with jewel thieves who are smuggling their loot across the. Mexican spitfire movie collection my video classics. Carmelita thinks it is her long delayed honeymoon, but dennis is planning to use the trip for business. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 mexican spitfire s elephant 1942 mexican spitfire s blessed event 1943 each film is not simply a comedic film, but a satire of the cultural shock and stereotypes of the mexican people and latin american people in general in the american society at the time. Introduction the false start the sea spitfire revived variants service record. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 the movie database tmdb.
Supermarine seafire carrierborne fighter fighterbomber. Leon errol, zasu pitts, and lupe velez in mexican spitfire at sea 1942. I bought a lot of magazines and books published in malta and now i am trying to build one of the mk vb or mk vc delivered during the 2nd great siege in 1942 or 1943. At the height of the series, new episodes were hitting theaters roughly. Mexican spitfires elephant 1942 carmelita lupe velez, her husband walter reed and uncle mattlord epping leon errol meet gem smugglers at sea. After a visit to nazi germany, mitchell became convinced that the key to britains survival lied in his model for the spitfire plane. The name seafire was arrived at by collapsing the more cumbersome name sea spitfire. Spitfire mark 1 p9374 spitfire mark iia, p7350 spitfire lf mark vb, bm597, jhc.
Lindsay, but the events seem like carbon copies of scenes weve seen before. And hell hath no fury like a spitfire unhoneymooned mexican spitfire sees a ghost 1942 the. Destroyed hurricane france 1940 french supermarine spitfire mk ix 1945 formation of the new british spitfire fighters 1942 american spitfire of the 335th fighter squadron 4th fighter group pilot capt donald willis. Spitfire lf mark ixc, mk912, shl camouflaged with clipped wings. Often it is the only fighter plane whose name they recognize.
Upon passing additional evaluations during 1941, the type was accepted for royal navy fleet air arm service as the supermarine seafire. Luck of luck, lord epping is an exact double for uncle matt, leading to a series of gutbusting complications. The first mexican spitfire entry of 1942, mexican spitfire at sea is set mainly on a hawaiibound ocean liner. Somehow it seems logical that mexican spitfire should end with a keystonestyle pie fight. Fighter in standard raf camouflage of dark green and ocean gray over medium sea gray, with sky spinner and band around the fuselage. Not all aircraft on malta, not all 1942 spitfires, and not anything else just spitfire vs, just in 1942 and just those based on malta. Mexican spitfires baby, released in 1941, was intended to be the final film in the series until box office receipts again encouraged additional installments.
Errol plays a hilarious dual role in mexican spitfire 1940, which picks up the. The british spitfire is probably the best known fighter plane ever produced. Secret enemies 1942 film completo in italiano streaming ita. Regarder le film mexican spitfire at sea 1942 en streaming vf. On a cruise to hawaii uncle matt does his lord epping imitation and fifi pretends to be mrs. Mexican spitfire at sea 1942 film complet en francais hd. The 31st and 52nd fighter groups arrived in england during the summer of 1942. Spitfire vs messerschmitt 109 over malta wwii today. Ww2 propaganda poster illustrating spitfire aircraft with long range fuel tanks. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Mexican spitfire at sea summary motion picture poster for mexican spitfire at sea shows lupe velez, leon errol, and charles buddy rogers with zasu pitts. The film was released on march, 1942, by rko pictures. Lupe velez holds manuscript standing next to male actor in a scene.
Carmelita lupe velez and uncle matt leon errol find themselves in a haunted house, but the ghosts are actually enemy agents who are. The seafire mk xv was the first naval spitfire to use the rolls royce griffon engine, although griffons had been fitted to landbased. Mexican spitfire complete 8movie collection the covers are virtually identical, so be careful. This wwii biographical title covers the story of r. And the mexican bull fight scene still has to be shot we1le. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to agreement overage terms. As each aircraft took into the air, the pilot had to lower the flaps fully, dropping the wedges to the sea, and then close the flaps again. I learnt from the osprey book malta spitfire aces that most. Lupe velez leon errol charles buddy rogers 1942 uncle matt leon errol poses as lord epping and helps carmelitas lupe velez husband clinch a shipboard deal. Mexican spitfire at sea is a typical doorslamming, vaudevillesque comedy for the fairly popular film series, an endless string of malapropisms, mistaken identities, and doublecrossing pushed with gusto by a talented cast working hard to ring out every possible laugh. The lindsays are on a ship to hawaii for their delayed second.
The supermarine seafire was a naval version of the supermarine spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. Wartime history on february 15, 1944 piloted by 1st lt. The plot hinges on an important business deal between dennis and the veddy british lord epping, top man of a major whiskey firm. On november 26, 1943 assigned to the 345th bombardment group, 500th bombardment squadron. A modified spitfire converted from an existing spitfire mk vb model was successfully trialed from the deck of the hms illustrious with a v frame arrestor gear and reinforced undercarriage.
Credits and other information from the internet movie database mexican spitfire at sea 1942director, leslie goodwins. Mitchell, alarmed at growing german militarism, works to perfect a defense against the german messerschmidt at the cost of his health. It includes listings of losses and of officially credited victories. The fifth entry of eight in the mexican spitfire comedy series finds the characters causing mayhem on an ocean voyage. The mexican spitfire series is a virtual prequel to i love lucy, with lupe velez a remarkable combination of both lucy and ricky.
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