In Caliente

1935 film by Lloyd Bacon

May 25, 1935 (1935-05-25)

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

In Caliente (also known as Viva Señorita) is a 1935 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dolores del Río and Pat O'Brien. The film was written by Ralph Block and Warren Duff.^[1] The musical numbers were choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 25, 1935.

Plot

Lawrence, critic and full-time boozer, comes to the cabaret In Caliente in Mexico to distance from Clara, a woman who wishes to marry him. Lawrence falls in love with the beautiful Mexican dancer Rita Gómez, forgetting that he once wrote a scathing review of her.

Cast

Dolores del Río as Rita Gomez
Pat O'Brien as Larry MacArthur
Leo Carrillo as Jose Gomez
Edward Everett Horton as Harold Brandon
Glenda Farrell as Clara
Tony De Marco as one of The De Marcos
Sally De Marco as one of The De Marcos
Phil Regan as Peter
Wini Shaw as Lois (as Winifred Shaw)
Luis Alberni as Magistrate
George Humbert as Photographer
Harry Holman as Biggs
Soledad Jiménez as Rita's Maid (as Soledad Jimenez)
Herman Bing as Florist
Judy Canova as Specialty Singer

Production

The film was set at the lavish Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel in Tijuana, Mexico. The resort hotel featured alcoholic beverages during Prohibition in the United States as well as live entertainment and casino gambling that attracted top Hollywood celebrities.^[2] Elaborate dance numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley, including the hit song "The Lady In Red," were a major component of the musical film.

References

^ In Caliente (1935) at IMDb
^ The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, Chris Nichols (Gibbs Smith, Publisher: Layton, Utah) 2007

External links

In Caliente at IMDb
In Caliente at AllMovie
In Caliente at the TCM Movie Database
In Caliente at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Films directed by Lloyd Bacon

Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
Private Izzy Murphy (1926)
Finger Prints (1927)
White Flannels (1927)
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
Brass Knuckles (1927)
Women They Talk About (1928)
The Singing Fool (1928)
Pay as You Enter (1928)
Stark Mad (1929)
No Defense (1929)
Say It with Songs (1929)
Honky Tonk (1929)
So Long Letty (1929)
The Other Tomorrow (1930)
She Couldn't Say No (1930)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Moby Dick (1930)
The Office Wife (1930)
50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
Kept Husbands (1931)
Sit Tight (1931)
Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
Honor of the Family (1931)
Manhattan Parade (1931)
Crooner (1932)
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
42nd Street (1933)
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Son of a Sailor (1933)
Wonder Bar (1934)
A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
He Was Her Man (1934)
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
In Caliente (1935)
Frisco Kid (1935)
Sons O' Guns (1936)
Cain and Mabel (1936)
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Marked Woman (1937)
Ever Since Eve (1937)
San Quentin (1937)
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Racket Busters (1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
Wings of the Navy (1939)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
Espionage Agent (1939)
A Child Is Born (1939)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
Honeymoon for Three (1941)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
Navy Blues (1941)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Silver Queen (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)
Captain Eddie (1945)
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Home Sweet Homicide (1946)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
An Innocent Affair (1948)
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
The Good Humor Man (1950)
Kill the Umpire (1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Golden Girl (1951)
Call Me Mister (1951)
The Frogmen (1951)
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
The French Line (1953)
She Couldn't Say No (1954)

v t e Busby Berkeley
Broadway plays choreographed	A Connecticut Yankee (1927) Present Arms (1928) Sweet and Low (1930)
Films directed	42nd Street (musical numbers, 1933) She Had To Say Yes (1933) Footlight Parade (musical numbers, 1933) Dames (musical numbers, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (musical numbers, 1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) Bright Lights (1935) I Live for Love (1935) In Caliente (musical numbers, 1935) Stars Over Broadway (musical numbers, 1935) Stage Struck (1936) Varsity Show (finale, 1937) The Singing Marine (musical numbers, 1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (musical numbers, 1937) The Go Getter (1937) Hollywood Hotel (1937) Men Are Such Fools (1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (musical numbers, 1938) Garden of the Moon (1938) Comet Over Broadway (1938) Broadway Serenade (finale, 1939) They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Fast and Furious (1939) Babes in Arms (1939) The Wizard of Oz (scenes cut, 1939) Forty Little Mothers (1940) Strike Up The Band (1940) Blonde Inspiration (1941) Lady Be Good (musical numbers, 1941) Ziegfeld Girl (musical numbers, 1941) Babes on Broadway (1941) For Me and My Gal (1942) Born to Sing (finale, 1942) Cabin in the Sky ("Shine" sequence, 1943) The Gang's All Here (1943) Girl Crazy ("I Got Rhythm" sequence, 1943) Cinderella Jones (1946) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Annie Get Your Gun (scenes cut, 1950)
Films choreographed only	Whoopee! (1930) Kiki (1931) Palmy Days (1931) Flying High (1931) Sky Devils (1932) Girl Crazy (1932) Night World (1932) Bird of Paradise (1932) The Kid From Spain (1932) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) Wonder Bar (1934) Romance on the High Seas (1948) Call Me Mister (1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) Small Town Girl (1953) Rose Marie (1954) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)