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Released January 17, 1941
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
62 min. (Feature Film)

Conman Mike Clancey (Leon Errol) and daughter Rosie, masquerading as "Papa Alvarez" and "Rosita," board a cruise ship to Havana to find marks for Mike's phony gold stock. Another conman, Chauncey Beheegan (William Frawley), has skipped out on his three partners with their latest bankroll, and comes aboard in the guise of a rich Kentucky horse breeder, looking for a get-rich scheme amongst the passengers. Steve Morrison, Skat, and their country band (Jimmy Wakely and His Band) can't find a gig in New York but hope their act can soak up the Latin culture in Cuba, the latest musical craze in the States, so they hire on as ship's stewards and kitchen help. Rounding out the passenger list is Madame La Zonga (Lupe Velez), a seductress down on her luck, and looking for a rich investor to help her open a new Havana nightclub.

While Mike and Chauncey wind up conning each other, Rosie and Steve fall in love. When the ship docks in Havana, Chauncey's three partners (Shemp Howard, Frank Mitchell and "Big Boy" Williams) are found waiting for payback. One way or another, Madame La Zonga will figure out a way to use them all to come up the money she needs.

Shemp reprises his mute THE LEATHER PUSHERS characterization, this time named "Gabby," one of Beheegan's partners.

The Jimmy Wakely Trio: Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart

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SIX LESSONS FROM MADAME LA ZONGA on IMDb

Leon Errol
Mike Clancey / Papa Alvarez

William Frawley
Chauncey Beheegan

Lupe Velez
Madame La Zonga

Helen Parrish
Rosie Clancey / Rosita Alvarez

Charles Lang
Steve Morrison

Lorin Raker
Mr. Brady

Paul Ellis
Dance teacher

Bobby Barber
Dance student

Babe London
Dance student

Sheldon Jett
Dance student

Ken Christy
Personnel manager

Lee Phelps
Anderson

Minerva Urecal
Irate woman

Rosa Turich
La Zonga's maid

Ethelreda Leopold
Ship passenger

Larry Steers
Ship passenger

Shimen Ruskin
Seasick passenger

George Humbert
Carriage driver

Enrique Acosta
Excited Cuban

Demetris Emanuel
Cuban policeman

Gino Corrado
Restaurant patron

Francisco Maran
Police Sergeant


John Rawlins
Director

Joseph Gershenson
Assoc. Producer

Larry Rhine
Story and Screenplay

Ben Chapman
Story and Screenplay

Stanley Rubin
Screenplay

Marion Orth
Screenplay

John Boyle
Director of Photography

Edward Curtiss
Film Editor

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Harold MacArthur
Associate Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor

Robert Pritchard
Sound Technician

Charles Previn
Musical Director

Jimmy Wakely
Music and Lyrics


















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