'' A Gentleman in Tails'' (Spanish:''Un caballero de frac'') is a 1931 American

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directed by

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and Carlos San Martín and starring Roberto Rey, Gloria Guzmán and

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.Peiró p.302 It is the Spanish-language version of the 1927 film '' Evening Clothes''. It was made by

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at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A French-language version ''

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'' was also released the same year.

Cast

* Roberto Rey as André de Dussange * Gloria Guzmán as Totoche *

as Susana de Dussange * Gabriel Algara as Pierre D'Allouville * Luis Llaneza as Buffetaut * Antonio Martínez as Soyer * Marita Ángeles as Baby * José Medina as Louis * Manuel Kuindós as Guildé *

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as Ninette * Antonio Monjardin as Firmin *

Carlos Martínez Baena Carlos Martínez Baena (7 May 1889 – 29 May 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. At a young age he moved to Mexico with his family where he became a journalist. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1970. Selected filmography Re ...

as Maître * Pedro Elviro

References

Bibliography

* Eva Woods Peiró. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. U of Minnesota Press, 2012.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 comedy films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films American comedy films Films directed by Roger Capellani Remakes of American films American multilingual films Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films American films based on plays American black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films 1930s American films Films based on works by Yves Mirande {{1930s-comedy-film-stub