My Memories of Mexico (Spanish:México de mis recuerdos) is a 1944 Mexican historical musical film directed as well as written by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Sofía Álvarez, Joaquín Pardavé, Dolores Camarillo and Salvador Quiroz.[1] The film nostalgically recreates the years of the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship in Mexico.
| My Memories of Mexico | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Juan Bustillo Oro |
| Written by | Juan Bustillo Oro |
| Produced by | Gregorio Walerstein |
| Starring | Fernando Soler Sofía Álvarez Joaquín Pardavé |
| Cinematography | Jack Draper |
| Edited by | Mario González |
| Music by | Federico Ruiz |
Production company | Filmex |
| Distributed by | Azteca Films |
Release date | 6 April 1944 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Moya.
Cast edit
- Fernando Soler as Don Jesús Flores
- Sofía Álvarez as Rosario Medina
- Joaquín Pardavé as Don Susanito Peñafiel y Somellera
- Luis Aldás as Pablo Flores
- Antonio R. Frausto as Don Porfirio Díaz
- Tana as Adelina Roca
- Virginia Zurí as Doña Carmelita
- Mimí Derba as Tía Gertrudis
- Dolores Camarillo as Conchita, portera
- María Luisa Serrano as Tía Cuquita
- Conchita Gentil Arcos as Tía Blandina
- Salvador Quiroz as Coronel Zamudio
- Ricardo Mutio as Luis G. Urbina
- José Pidal as Amado Nervo
- Ernesto Monato as Ernesto Elorduy
- Manuel Noriega as Pancho, mayordomo
- Max Langler as Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda
- Victoria Argota as Doña Rumalda Moriones
- Adelina Vehi as Doña Genara Moriones
- Valentín Asperó
- Alfredo Varela padre as Amigo de Chucho
- Alberto Michel
- Roberto Cañedo as Teniente González
- Lidia Franco as Invitada a fiesta
- Paco Martínez as Don Manuel
- Félix Medel as Pregonero
- Ignacio Peón as Mayordomo del presidente
- Manuel Pozos as Invitado a boda
- Alicia Reyna as Lola, criada de Adelina
- José Ignacio Rocha as Pregonero
- Humberto Rodríguez as Ramírez
- Aurora Ruiz as Petra, criada de Rosario
- Ramón Sánchez as Barrendero
- María Valdealde as Invitada que aplaude en boda
- David Valle González as Camarero
- Aurora Zermeño as Lucía, amiga de Adelina
References edit
- ^ Segre p.89
Bibliography edit
- Segre, Erica. Intersected Identities: Strategies of Visualisation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Mexican Culture. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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