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Holiday in Mexico

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Christine Evans (Jane Powell) -- teen daughter of Jeffrey Evans (Walter Pidgeon), American ambassador to Mexico -- becomes her father's self-appointed party planner. Christine hires legendary Latin band leader Xavier Cugat and fiery singer Toni Karpathy (Ilona Massey), unaware that Toni is Jeffrey's old flame. Romantic confusion abounds as Christine falls for an aging pianist, a teenage girl pines for Jeffrey and Jeffrey crosses paths with Toni in the days leading up to the party.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The 17-year-old Jane Powell, singing "Ava Maria," made her spectacular MGM debut. Rated: B- May 25, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member MGM pulled out all of the stops for their first musical starring Jane Powell, and the film was a big hit in 1946, but it's all a bit overlong and overdone. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member all star lavish musical. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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George Sidney

Director

Walter Pidgeon

Jeffrey Evans

Jose Iturbi

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Ilona Massey

Countess Toni Karpathy

Roddy McDowall

Stanley Owen

Xavier Cugat

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Synopsis Christine Evans (Jane Powell) -- teen daughter of Jeffrey Evans (Walter Pidgeon), American ambassador to Mexico -- becomes her father's self-appointed party planner. Christine hires legendary Latin band leader Xavier Cugat and fiery singer Toni Karpathy (Ilona Massey), unaware that Toni is Jeffrey's old flame. Romantic confusion abounds as Christine falls for an aging pianist, a teenage girl pines for Jeffrey and Jeffrey crosses paths with Toni in the days leading up to the party.
Director
George Sidney
Producer
Joe Pasternak
Screenwriter
Isobel Lennart
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 3, 2009
Runtime
2h 7m