Week-End in Havana

Although none of the principal players set foot in Havana, Cuba for the production of Weekend in Havana, Darryl F. Zanuck sent a second unit crew down there to get enough background shots and longshots with doubles of the players... Full review

Despite the super-lovely Alice Faye's top billing, exotic Carmen Miranda manages to steal the show. She not only has the pick of the songs, the liveliest dances and the most colorful costumes, but shares the movie's funniest moments with Cesar... Full review

I really enjoyed this musical. Carmen Miranda and Ceasr Romero are especially charming and at the top of their game. The songs and dancing routines are first class, a little "Hermes Pan" influence. I am also a fan of John... Full review

Alice Faye knows more than she should about a cruise ship accident and gets herself a big vacation courtesy of the ship line in "Weekend in Havana," costarring John Payne, Carmen Miranda, and Cesar Romero. Alice plays a demanding young... Full review

Fox makes ample use of their stock company players--ALICE FAYE, JOHN PAYNE, CARMEN MIRANDA, CESAR ROMERO, as well as a bevy of dependable supporting actors to make sure that their technicolor investment in WEEKEND IN HAVANA pays off. Unfortunately, it's... Full review

The production team behind this film would have benefited if they had done research for the movie by taking a real weekend in Havana. It appears the studio executives flew down to Rio instead. How else did they come up... Full review

Alice Faye, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero all fair better in this lively and funny musical romp, directed by Walter Lang and enlivened by Fox's shimmering Technicolor, gorgeous costumes, and some nice rollicking musical numbers.Although "Week-End in Havana"... Full review

Bright music, good jokes, and attractive stars bathed in solid, artificial, candy-colored Technicolor - Week-End in Havana has it all. That leading pair is amusing enough, but Week-End in Havana makes excellent use of Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero as comedic foils. ... Full Review

The efforts invested in this B-grade Walter Lang musical comedy, both in front of and behind the camera, are, at times, staggering and, at others, bewildering. Their plain romance is dull in light of the fiery courtship between Romero and Miranda, whose dynamism redeems moments that might be otherwise uninspired. ... Full Review