Cuban Pete (1946) Film

Cuban Pete
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	Bernard Feins Robert Presnell Sr. M. Coates Webster
Starring	Desi Arnaz Joan Fulton Don Porter Ethel Smith
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Music by	Milton Rosen
Color process	Black-and-white
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 1946
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cuban Pete is a 1946 American musical comedy film was directed by Jean Yarbrough and starred the Cuban-born actor and musician Desi Arnaz. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

The film with a simple comedy plot contains many numbers of Cuban music and dance, including the song of the same name by Joseph Norman. It was used in the television show I Love Lucy (episodes: “The Diet”, with Lucille Ball as Sally Sweet and “Lucy Goes to a Rodeo” as an alternative version, “Texas Pete”) and in the 1994 film The Mask.

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, an advertising executive sends his assistant to Cuba to lure a singer and his band to New York City for a radio show. With Pedro de Cordoba, Igor and Yvette, Ethel Smith, The King Sisters. Directed by Jean Yarbrough. Soundtrack includes “After Tonight”, “Cuban Pete”, “The Breeze and I”, “El Cumbancher”, “Rhumba Matumba”, “Cielito Lindo.”