The Cuban Love Song
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Director W. S. Van Dyke Music director Herbert Stothart Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Musical, Romance Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 5, 1931 (1931-12-05) Writer C. Gardner Sullivan (screen play), Bess Meredyth (screen play), John Lynch (adaptation), John Colton (additional dialogue), Gilbert Emery (additional dialogue), Robert E. Hopkins (additional dialogue), Paul Hervey Fox (additional dialogue) Screenplay Bess Meredyth, Gilbert Emery, John Colton, C. Gardner Sullivan, Paul Hervey Fox, Robert Hopkins Cast Lawrence Tibbett (Terry), Lupe Vélez (Nenita), Ernest Torrence (Romance), Karen Morley (Crystal), Jimmy Durante (O.O. Jones), Louise Fazenda (Elvira)Similar movies Lawrence Tibbett appears in The Cuban Love Song and New Moon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cuban Love Song is a 1931 American musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by C. Gardner Sullivan, Bess Meredyth, John Lynch, John Colton, Gilbert Emery, Robert E. Hopkins and Paul Hervey Fox. The film stars Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Vélez, Ernest Torrence, Jimmy Durante, Karen Morley and Louise Fazenda. The film was released on December 5, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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It was the last of four films that the baritone Tibbett made for MGM following the introduction of sound. The film received a generally favorable critical reception, but suffered badly at the box office. Nonetheless two of the film's songs "The Cuban Love Song" and "El Manisero" were major hits.
Plot
Shoftly after becoming engaged to a socialite, an upper-class American named Terry enlists in the US Marine Corps to get his wild urges out of his system. He and his two friends and comrades get into many scrapes, frequently ending up in the brig. While in Cuba, however, he falls in love with Nenita a spirited, passionate local woman.
Their relationship is interrupted by America's entry into World War I, and Terry is wounded in the fighting in France. He is nursed back to health by his fiancée and the two marry. More than a decade later, Terry bumps into his former comrades in New York. This reawakens memories of his carefree days in Cuba. He returns to Havana to find Nenita, only to discover that she has died of fever. However he comes across a boy named Terry, who he realizes is the product of his passionate relationship with Nenita a decade earlier. He adopts the boy and takes him back to the United States where his wife generously welcomes both father and son home.
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