An example, like Gold Diggers in Paris, of Berkeley’s flair for exotic locations, In Caliente blooms with a touristic vigor in its expression of the sights and sounds of its titular Mexican resort, where motormouthed journalist Larry MacArthur (Pat O’Brien) attempts to flee an unwanted marriage proposal back home. So often energized by the possibilities presented by new props and set decorations, Berkeley here works wonders with matching mariachi bands and oversized sombreros, with which he arranges dazzling patterns in the film’s several courtyard extravaganzas. It’s all a backdrop for the screwball courtship of Larry and Rita Gómez (Dolores del Rio), an elegant dancer once scathingly reviewed by the vacationing Yankee. Eventually, Glenda Farrell, as Larry’s nagging pursuer from Brooklyn, arrives to disrupt the central romance, but not before the plot has cycled through Wild West shootouts, spirited tavern waltzes, and a showpiece for then-renowned burlesque stars The Dancing De Marcos.