The Blood Stain (Spanish:La Mancha de Sangre) is a 1937 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Best Maugard and starring Estela Inda, José Casal and Heriberto G. Batemberg. It had serious problems with the Mexican censors due to its portrayal of prostitution.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Mariano Rodríguez Granada.

The Blood Stain
Directed byAdolfo Best Maugard
Written byMiguel Ruiz Moncada
Adolfo Best-Maugard
Produced byFrancisco Beltrán
Miguel Ruiz Moncada
CinematographyRoss Fisher
Agustín Jiménez
Edited byMiguel Ruiz Moncada
Music byJose Gamboa Ceballos
Release date
  • 1937 (1937)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cast

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  • Estela Inda
  • José Casal
  • Heriberto G. Batemberg
  • Manuel Dondé
  • Lorenzo Diaz Gonzalez
  • Elvira Gosti
  • Chico Mabarak
  • José Muñoz
  • Luis Santibanez
  • Diego Villalba

References

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  1. ^ Biltereyst & Vande Winkel, p.71

Bibliography

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  • Daniel Biltereyst & Roel Vande Winkel. Silencing Cinema: Film Censorship Around the World. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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