Cuban Pete (1946)

Directed by

Jean Yarbrough

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Cuban musician gets into comedic situations in a plot that is mostly an excuse for musical numbers. The film features many performances of Cuban songs and dances.

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What happens

Cuban Pete is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film with a simple comedy plot contains many numbers of Cuban music and dance, including the song of the same name by Joseph Norman. It was used in the television show I Love Lucy (episodes: "The Diet", with Lucille Ball as Sally Sweet and "Lucy Goes to a Rodeo" as an alternative version, "Texas Pete") and in the 1994 film The Mask. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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