They Met in Argentina
They Met in Argentina is a 1941 American film, directed by Leslie Goodwins and Jack Hively for RKO Pictures, Hively had to come in and finish the picture after Goodwins was hospitalized for pneumonia. Maureen OHara plays an Argentinian who falls in love with a Texan James Ellison, who is attempting to buy a racehorse from her father. It was one of a number of Hollywood films from the 1940s produced to reflect Americas Good Neighbor policy towards Latin American countries. They Met in Argentina was not well received by audiences, critics, or the Argentine government.
In the early 1940s, Hollywood studios produced a number of films which reflected Americas Good Neighbor policy towards Latin America They Met in Argentina was one of RKO Pictures contributions. With these films set in Latin American countries, the studios hoped to both attract an audience in Latin America and to increase popular interest in the region among a North American audience. Other films of this nature included the TwentiethCentury Fox productions Down Argentine Way 1940 and Blood and Sand 1941.They Met in Argentina was based on a story by Lou Brock, who was also the films producer. Brock approached Rodgers and Hart to score the production. The pair wrotesongs in total, although onlyof them were included in the final cut. The songs featured in the soundtrack are Youve Got the Best of Me, North America Meets South America, Amarillo, Lolita, Cutting the Cane, Never Go To Argentina and Simpatica. The dance sequences were choreographed by Frank Veloz. ........
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