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Masquerade in Mexico
Masquerade in Mexico
Directed by	Mitchell Leisen
Written by	Karl Tunberg ; Edwin Justus Mayer ; Franz Schulz
Produced by	Karl Tunberg
Starring	Dorothy Lamour ; Arturo de Córdova ; Patric Knowles ; Ann Dvorak
Cinematography	Lionel Lindon
Edited by	Alma Macrorie
Music by	Victor Young
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 3, 1945;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Masquerade in Mexico is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova, Patric Knowles and Ann Dvorak.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was part of a series of films set in Latin America produced by Hollywood in the 1940s in line with the Good Neighbor policy.^[2]

Plot

Ill on the flight to Mexico City, honest banker Tom Grant doesn't know that Angel O'Reilly, seated nearby, has slipped a diamond into his pocket. She is traveling with the decidedly dishonest Boris Cassal, smuggling the gem for him, but slips away at the customs checkpoint while Tom is detained. Boris has taken the precaution of stealing her pocketbook, so Angel needs to rely on taxi driver Pablo's generosity. He even helps her land a job as a singer, lying to the club's owner that Angel is a countess from Spain.

She is performing one night while Tom is at a table with estranged wife Helen and her new bullfighter beau, Manolo. It becomes obvious that Manolo is taken with Angel when she joins them. Tom encourages this, not being comfortable with Helen's seeing another man.

Tom offers to bankroll Angel's pretense as a countess, paying for a luxurious hotel suite and wardrobe. Boris is on to the charade, so when Angel is accused of being a fraud, Boris comes to the rescue by pretending to be the contessa's count.

Manolo and Boris each wants Angel for himself, but she's finding Tom more and more to her liking. She persuades him that Boris was to blame for her stunt at the airport, and while the bullfighter gallantly steps aside, Boris satisfies his own desires by stealing Helen's necklace.

Cast

Dorothy Lamour as Angel O'Reilly
Arturo de Córdova as Manolo Sergovia
Patric Knowles as Thomas Grant
Ann Dvorak as Helen Grant
George Rigaud as Boris Cassal
Natalie Schafer as Irene Denny
Mikhail Rasumny as Paolo
Billy Daniel as Rico Fenway
Martin Garralaga as Jose
Frank Faylen as Brooklyn
Juan Torena as Master of Ceremonies
William Newell as FBI Agent
James Flavin as FBI Agent
Robert Middlemass as Customs Official
Mae Busch as Party Guest
Miriam Nelson as Party Guest
Julia Faye as Party Guest

References

Bibliography

Rice, Christina. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Welky, David. The Moguls and the Dictators: Hollywood and the Coming of World War II. JHU Press, 2008.