Tropic Holiday
Cast & Crew
Theodore Reed
Bob Burns
Dorothy Lamour
Ray Milland
Martha Raye
Binnie Barnes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ken Warren is sent to Mexico by his producer, Sol Grunnion, to write a romantic screenplay. He is assisted by his secretary, Midge Miller, who falls in love with the serenading Ramon. Meanwhile, Ken falls in love with local beauty Manuela, and while using their relationship as material for his screenplay, he discovers the true meaning of love. Breck Jones, Midge's suitor since kindergarten, flies to Mexico to insist that she marry him, but caught up with the romance of the place, Midge insists she is only interested in a brave man who will pursue her. In the meantime, Midge tries to impress Ramon by taking bullfighting lessons, but is a miserable failure. Breck takes Ken's advice and attempts to duplicate the suicide scene from the film A Star Is Born , hoping to attract Midge's attention. She is uninterested, however, and he is rescued by a local fishing boat. Then, Breck is imprisoned after a staged fight with some locals falls through, and he hits Barrera, who runs the bullfights. When Barrera receives news that his famous female bullfighter will not be able to perform due to an injury, Barrera promises Midge that he will have Breck released if she goes into the ring. Midge reluctantly agrees. Ken's Hollywood starlet fiancée, Marilyn Joyce then comes to town to take him back to Hollywood to marry her. Although she admits they are not in love, Marilyn is afraid she will receive bad publicity if it appears she has been jilted in favor of a Mexican unknown. Later, the wrong bull, "Furioso," is accidentally let in to the ring with Midge, and she has quite a time dodging it until it crashes through the wall of the jail and reappears with Breck on its back. Breck calms the beast and is finally Midge's hero, after which he cleverly sets up Marilyn with Ramon, thereby allowing Ken to stay in Mexico and pursue his romance with Manuela.
Director
Theodore Reed
Cast
Bob Burns
Dorothy Lamour
Ray Milland
Martha Raye
Binnie Barnes
Tito Guizar
Elvira Rios
Roberto Soto
Michael Visaroff
Bobby Moya
Fortunio Bonanova
Pepito
Matt Mchugh
Irving Bacon
The San Cristobal Marimba Band
The Ascencio Del Rio Trio
Chris Pin Martin
Frank Puglia
Jesús Topete
Jesus Castillon
Mario Santos
Jose Mendoza
Carlos Villarías
Anna Demetrio
Blanca Vischer
Paul Lopez
Pedro Regas
Charles Stevens
Bob O'conor
Victor Romito
Manuel Valencia
Duncan Renaldo
Eduardo Castro
Maria Olguin
Teresa Olguin
Paula De Cardo
Dolores Casey
Sheila Darcy
Marie Burton
Yvonne Duval
Gwen Kenyon
Ruth Rogers
Zoe Dell Lantis
Crew
Duke Atteberry
George Bertholon
Frank Butler
Frank Butler
John Cope
Hans Dreier
Farciot Edouart
Jose Fernandez
A. E. Freudeman
Pepe Guizar
Don Hartman
Don Hartman
Earl Hayman
Edith Head
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Agustin Lara
William Lebaron
Archie Marshek
John C. Moffitt
Boris Morros
Leroy Prinz
Ralph Rainger
Manuel Reachi
Leo Robin
Ted Tetzlaff
Robert Usher
Hal Walker
Ned Washington
Adolph Zukor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Score
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The Ascencio del Rio Trio was comprised of Ofelia Ascencio, Sara Ascencio and Emmy del Rio; and the San Cristobal Marimba Band was comprised of the Dominguez brothers. According to the pressbook, the dance numbers were entitled "Dance of the Sombreros," "La Chiapaneca" and "La Sandunga." In her autobiography, Dorothy Lamour notes that the film was originally entitled Ensenada. Music director Boris Morros was nominated for an Academy Award in the Music (Scoring) category.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1938
Released in United States 1938
