Two Latins from Manhattan

1941 US film directed by Charles Barton

Two Latins from Manhattan is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg and Joan Woodbury.^[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Synopsis

A booking agent from New York City urgently needs to recruit a new act when the Cuban sisters she engages to play at a nightclub fail to show up. She recuirts Jinx and Louis, two local girls, to pretend to be the Latin American performers. Trouble ensues when the real Cuban sisters then finally appear.

Cast

• Joan Davis as Joan Daley
• Jinx Falkenburg as Jinx Terry
• Joan Woodbury as Lois Morgan
• Fortunio Bonanova as Armando Rivero
• Don Beddoe as Don Barlow
• Marquita Madero as Marianela
• Carmen Morales as Rosita
• Lloyd Bridges as Tommy Curtis
• Sig Arno as Felipe Rudolfo MacIntyre
• John Dilson a sJerome Kittleman
• Boyd Davis as Charles Miller
• Tim Ryan as Police Sergeant
• Don Brodie as Advertising Man
• Lester Dorr as Information Attendant
• Bruce Bennett as Federal Agent
• Ralph Dunn as Federal Agent
• Stanley Brown as Master of Ceremonies
• Antonio Moreno as Cuban
• Rafael Alcayde as Cuban
• Dick Elliott as Sylvester Kittelman
• Jack Cheatham as Police Officer
• Eddie Kane as Stage Manager
• Ernie Adams as Stage Doorman
• Tyler Brooke as Hotel Clerk

References

1. "Two Latins from Manhattan: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
2. Tucker p.78

Bibliography

• Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
• Tucker, David C. Joan Davis: America's Queen of Film, Radio and Television Comedy. McFarland, 2014.

External links

• Two Latins from Manhattan at IMDb
• Two Latins from Manhattan at the TCM Movie Database
• Two Latins from Manhattan at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films