Argentine Nights (1940) DVD-R

Starring The Ritz Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Constance Moore,
George Reeves, Peggy Moran, Anne Nagel, Paul Porcasi
Directed by Albert S. Rogell

Print: black/white
Runtime: 75 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

The Andrews Sisters made their screen debut in Argentine Nights, but the
stars of the show are the Ritz Brothers, in the first of their four Universal
vehicles. The wafer-thin plotline finds the Ritz boys showing up flat broke
in Argentina with an all-girl band. Despite their utter lack of funds, the
zany trio tries to save a local hotel from the clutches of a con man.
Highlights include the Ritz Brothers' famous "hero sandwich" routine
(repeated by the two surviving brothers in 1975's Blazing Stewardesses)
and a perversely hilarious climax in which the Ritzes are called upon to
impersonate the Andrews Sisters (which may have given rise to Patty
Andrews' oft-quoted observation "We looked like the Ritz Brothers in
drag"). As a bonus for fans of the Superman TV series, nominal romantic
lead George Reeves warbles the deathless tune "Amigo We Go Riding
Tonight".