Ladies' Day

Lupe Velez was a wonderful Latin version of Lucille Ball. She must have been a riot to direct. For early baseball buffs this B movie would be fun. A nice blend in the cast of two stars (Velez and Albert) and an assortment of skilled character actors.

Wacky Waters, the biggest thrower in baseball, burns the championship until he meets Pepita Zorita, a bunch of Mexican dynamite from Hollywood. Soon Wacky can't think of thinking of Pepita. The team is in a losing streak. Catcher Hippo Jones, teammate Smokey Lee and Marty Samuels, an educated ball player are trying to train, warn and psychologically distract Wacky from Pepita, but nothing works. The wives of the ball players, led by Hazel Jones, are working out a plan to get rid of Pepita. Banker / owner Updyke is persuaded to buy the picture rights to "Twenty-one Nights" and send Pepita back to Hollywood to star in the film. It works the way Wacky starts to win the throw again, but Pepita breaks all records for him for finishing a movie and goes back. The wives fly to Kansas City, meet Pepita with a baseball bat and other kidnapping equipment, and Pepita wakes up in a bathroom on the 22nd floor, tied up and tied up with two guardians in a hotel. After quarreling with everyone from the house detective to the Civil War veteran, Pepita escapes and heads east, where the team plays Wacky on the pile in the seventh and decisive game of the World Series.

Made during the war. Some really fun actors. The awesome patsy kelly and lupé velez added fun and zany shenanigans to any film. A young eddie albert (better known as oliver in green acres!) in a pretty early role. Max baer senior, who really was an athlete. And was also jethro's (hillbillies) actual dad. The story is pretty goofy: wacky and pepita must keep their marriage secret for some silly reason; something like people won't buy as many war bonds if they know she's married. And they are worried the headlines would interfere with wacky's baseball skill. Okay... i guess. Lots of jokes at patsy kelly's expense, but she made a living out of it! It's all pretty lightweight fun, with some war time drama thrown in. Directed by les goodwins. Max baer died young at 50. Lupé only made a couple more films after this one before offing herself at age 36. She had been such a huge name in the mexican spitfire films but went downhill from there. Eddie albert was nominated for heartbreak kid and roman holiday.

Wacky Waters (Eddie Albert) is a top pitcher for the Sox. Everybody connected to the team is relying on him. His one weakness is the ladies. At the game, Hollywood star Pepita Zorita (Lupe Velez) is selling war bonds at a kissing booth and he loses his concentration. He just can't pitch when he's with her.

This is a B-movie with a wild Latina doing that Charo thing. It is somewhat funny even if it's a simple stereotype. It has a bit of wartime connection and lots of light comedy. It would be nice if the mass of people secretly opposed to their relationship can be concentrated into a few leaders.

RKO came out with this innocuous baseball comedy that had a few laughs in it Ladies' Day. So named because its the baseball wives who decide to take matters into their own hands.

Eddie Albert plays the lovestruck star pitcher who when he gets involved with a woman his head just isn't in the game. And he's got himself really involved with a moviestar this time, Lupe Velez. Now she's enough to take anyone's mind off the athletic contest. It's driving manager Cliff Clark to distraction.

But the wives of the other players led by Patsy Kelly and Iris Adrian want that World Series money real bad and that won't happen if Albert isn't pitching his best. They conspire in a series of Lucy Ricardo like maneuvers to keep Eddie and Lupe apart.

Although Velez and Albert have the top billing, Patsy Kelly and her cronies steal this film totally from the stars. These dizzy dames pull off some interesting schemes and it doesn't let up for a minute.

Also look for Jerome Cowan who is a banker whose bank owns the team now and he's the bean counter sent to manage the money. The fact his bank also has Velez's studio in receivership makes him think he can combine both his jobs and that leads to some interesting situations.

RKO was a second line studio and this is clearly a B picture for them which is different than a B film for Paramount or MGM. Still Ladies' Day is not bad at all and baseball fans and fans of any of the cast members will get more than a few laughs.