''A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (Spanish: ''Una gallega baila mambo'') is a 1951 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Emilio Gómez Muriel Emilio Gómez Muriel was a prolific Mexican film director, active between the 1930s and the 1970s. He is known for melodramas,, accessed via JSTOR (subscription required) but one of his first films was ''Redes'' (release: 1936), an attempt at s ...

and starring Niní Marshall,

Joaquín Pardavé Joaquín Pardavé Arce (30 September 1900 – 20 July 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940 ...

and

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achiev ...

.Posadas, p. 117.

Cast

* Niní Marshall as Cándida *

as Cleofas Martínez *

as Carmina * Pepe del Río as Gilberto Sánchez *

Miguel Arenas Miguel Arenas (1902–1965) was a Spanish film actor.Kohner p.355 He emigrated to Mexico where he appeared in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * '' While Mexico Sleeps'' (1938) * '' A Macabre Legacy'' (1940) * '' The Count of Monte ...

as don Fernando de la Colina * José Pulido as Ricardo * Antonio Bravo as Martín, mayordomo *

Celia Viveros Celia Viveros (1925–1979) was a Mexican film actress.Pitts p.163 Selected filmography * '' Women of the Theatre'' (1951) * ''A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (1951) * ''Sacrificed Women'' (1952) * '' I Want to Live'' (1953) * ''The Life of Agust ...

as Maurelia *

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as Themselves *

Toña la Negra Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez (2 November 1912 – 19 November 1982), known by her stage name Toña la Negra (Toña the Black Woman), was a Mexican singer and actress of partial Haitian ancestry, known for her interpretation of boleros and ...

as Cantante *

Víctor Alcocer Víctor Alcocer Gómez (March 23, 1917 – October 2, 1984) was a Mexican actor of film, television and voice-over.José Baviera José Baviera (17 August 1906 – 13 August 1981) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films and television shows between 1924 and 1979. He starred in Luis Buñuel's 1962 film ''The Exterminating Angel''. Selected filmogra ...

as don Leoncio *

María Gentil Arcos María Gentil Arcos (11 April 1905 – 18 July 1965) was a Spanish-Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of Conchita Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age ...

as Compañera de juego de Cándida * Ana María Hernández as Invitada a graduación *

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as doña Gertrudis *

Francisco Pando Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

as don Fabián *

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as Señorita directora

References

Bibliography

* Posadas, Abel. ''Niní Marshall: desde un ayer lejano''. Ediciones Colihue SRL, 1993.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub