January 26 movie: Neptune's Daughter. Ricardo Montalban plays Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. I used to think his character's name was ridiculous, then Santa Salsera introduced me to the music of Cuban bandleader Chico O'Farrill. Montalban's character has an Irish name so that Red Skelton can impersonate him. Whatever! At least in this one Esther Williams plays Montalban's love interest, not his sister. And the two of them do a great water ballet together. Betty Garrett is also in it, as a man-crazy woman so deranged for love that she can't tell Red Skelton isn't Latino. Xavier Cugat is also in it, though I don't think he has any lines.
(by the way, was there really a "South American polo team"? And would Ricardo Montalban be on it? He's from North America. Though I don't think they ever say what country Jose O'Rourke is from.)
Re: names, remember that one of the great heroes South American history, a leader of the Chilean War of Independence, was Bernardo O'Higgins.
And isn't South America all one big country? Just like Africa?
Right, it's one big country that includes Mexico!