Ladies' Day (Episode 222) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky

Hot Date with Dan and Vicky · Dec 3, 2025 · 1h 28m

Leslie Goodwins, director of 1943's Ladies' Day, a farcical comedy set in the world of baseball, needed a lead actress that woluld believably cause players to throw games and lose focus. Stunning Mexican beauty Lupe Velez was just that actress; and luckily, Goodwins and Velez had a good working relationship. She was the star of his Mexican Spitfire films, a series with Velez as the recurring lead. This would be their last collaboration as Velez would tragically end her own life only a year later.

Dan and Vicky discuss the forgotten comedy along with lots of recently seen including Del Toro's…