Had this been done over at 20th Century Fox which was at this time doing a lot of
Latin American based musicals we'd have seen technicolor the better to show off
Maureen O'Hara's fiery red tresses. Darryl Zanuck would have gotten a better
score out of Rodgers&Hart than what was written for RKO.
The threadbare plot consists of a couple of American cowboys in Argentina who
are played by James Ellison and Buddy Ebsen. Ellison fails to get some oil
leases from Don Robert Barrat. But he might be able to get both daughter
Maureen O'Hara and a prize race horse from Barrat if he learns the customs of
the gaucho culture and plays his cards right.
Sadly Maureen doesn't sing and Ellison doesn't try. Ebsen has some nice numbers with Diosa Costello and there are a few ensemble numbers. Why didn't they get a singing leading man God only knows.
They Met In Argentina doesn't stack up to what was being done with the same
material over at 20th Century Fox.
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