Down Argentine Way

Nobody should expect to see Hamlet when watching Down Argentine Way. In fact the plot here is thinner and sillier than most of these fluff musical pieces. Still it's kind a fun.Don Ameche is up from Argentina in the USA... Full review

This movie is a remake of the classic Western KENTUCKY (1938) and so John Taintor Foote should have been given at least a story credit, as the plot is based on the plot of that movie, even with the back... Full review

Despite it's paper thin plot or saran wrap plot, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY is kind of fun, especially seeing it in this day and age. The DVD is outstanding with the colors very bright and chic, the way Foxs' musicals have... Full review

Carmen Miranda, known as "The Brazilian Bombshell", was the original Chica Chica Bum Chic gal of forties musicals – a large swash of Rousseau on the movie screens, a festive explosion of outrageous razzmatazz that may not have added much... Full review

Irving Cummings takes on a fun tour to Argentina. This is a happy musical that defies all logic as the writers Rian James and Ralph Spence appear to be telling us we're in Argentina, but taking us to Havana, by... Full review

One of the best Betty Grable musicals. As always the plot is unbelievably vacuous but who cares really? When you have the tippy-tappy Grable (doing what she does best), Carmen Miranda (in her American debut), Don Ameche (speaking in a... Full review

Of its genre, one of the greatest musicals ever. Betty makes male hearts swoon (and that's not all)! Any questions as to why she was number one with our boys overseas? Carmen is a firecracker and the Nicholas Brothers have... Full review

I thought this film, Betty Grable's first big star part, was surprisingly flat, probably because there wasn't enough tension between her and Don Ameche before the inevitable happy ending. Betty looks great in a couple of her costumes but it's... Full review

The plot is slight- but it doesn't really matter. Don Ameche is charming, the songs, for the most part, are fun, and Carmen Miranda steals the film from Betty Grable. Certainly a lesser musical- but fun for fans of the... Full review

Still, Grable earns her pay singing and dancing, Ameche is charismatic despite his shaky accent and the whole thing goes down easily, if somewhat forgettably. She only has two numbers and no bearing on the plot but she manages to blow the rest of the cast away with her aggressive charm and athletic facial expressions that exude fun in ways the rest of the production can't imagine. ... Full Review

BY ROCHELLE KOFF The scene promises to be vintage Art Deco. Classic cars. Cotton candy-colored hotels. Costumed canines. And this year, tango. The sultry theme of the 2009 Art Deco festival is ''Down Argentine Way: Deco * Vino * Tango''... ... Full Article