Fiesta Soundie

★★★★★ · Excellent! · Robin_1990 · 2008-02-08

If you can ignore the stereotypes, There is some great music here. Latin music was somewhat popular at one point (Remember Ricky Ricardo?), and I'm glad this short was preserved. Overall, another classic film from the Prelinger archives.

★★★★ · Before there was MTV... · Wilford B. Wolf · 2003-05-31

...there were "soundies." These short musical clips were created in the 1930s and 1940s as promotional pieces for various artists. Often time, these clips, which were shown either in theaters or in a jukebox like device that would play the movies, are the only filmic record of many legendary performers. Especially important are the ones that were done for black artists, designed to be shown in black movie houses. This particular short, for the song "Fiesta", appears to be done in the early 1940s. During that time, there was something of a fad for Mexico and Latin America, and a number of…

★★★ · Fiesta Soundie · Christine Hennig · 2003-08-20

This peppy soundie has Mexican stereotypes aplenty, as well as hot Latin rhythms. It tells the musical story of the love of a codependent wife for her worthless husband Pancho. It's all rather silly, but it's got rhythm. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ***. Overall Rating: ***.

★★★ · Chelo Silva? · martijn.konijn · 2004-08-15

A peppy soundie indeed. There is a resemblance with lots of performers of Latin music in that era, not jus Xavier Cugat. Could this singer be Chelo Silva? I once had one of her records, and her voice sounds familiar.