''A Tailored Gentleman'' (Spanish: ''Caballero a la medida'') is a 1954 Mexican comedy film, directed by
Miguel M. Delgado and starring
Cantinflas
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well ...
,
Martha Valdés
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and
Ángel Garasa.
[Pilcher, p. 156.] The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to super ...
was by
Gunther Gerszo.
Plot
Cantinflas is a model of tuxedos for a tailor shop, wandering around in the streets wearing the tuxedos while also wearing an ad put on his back. In the meantime, he also works as a tailor for his neighbors, and collaborates with Lita (
Martha Valdés
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The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spannin ...
) and Father Feliciano (
Domingo Soler
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) in the neighborhood's dispensary, where Lita works as a nurse. At the same time, the life of Don Pascual Lachica (
Ángel Garasa), an anguished millionaire whose family only respects him as a provider, is shown. One day after work, Cantinflas arrives to return the tuxedo, but the store was closed, so he takes the ad off his back and returns home while still well-dressed, running on his way home into the wedding of Don Pascual's daughter. Don Pascual, seeing him elegantly dressed, confuses him with a millionaire and likes the sincerity with which Cantinflas treats him and offers him his friendship.
Through Cantinflas, Don Pascual discovers that his money and himself can be useful to the poor, and provides money for the charitable works Cantinflas does. However, when Simón Sicario, the evil villain of Cantinflas's neighborhood, is murdered and robbed, Cantinflas is believed to be the culprit.
Cast
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Cantinflas
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well ...
as Cantinflas
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Martha Valdés
Martha Valdés (1 January 1928 – 20 November 2014) was a Mexican actress. She is known for her work in several films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spannin ...
as Lita
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Ángel Garasa as Don Pascual Lachica
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Domingo Soler
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as Padre Feliciano
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Wolf Ruvinskis as Chucho the Sacristan
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Miguel Arenas as Don Simón Sicario
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* Carlota (name)
Places
* Carlota Cove, a cove in Antarctica
* Carlota Island, an island in the Philippines
* Lago Carlota Nati ...
as Señora de Lachica
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Arturo Martínez as El chivato
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Anabelle Gutiérrez as Luisa, hija de Pascual
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Emma Roldán
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as Doña Pelos, portera
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Ernesto Finance as Señor Ortiz
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Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Manuelita (as Concha Gentil Arcos)
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Amparo Arozamena as María, sirvienta
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Roberto Meyer as Comisario
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Daniel Arroyo as Invitado en fiesta (uncredited)
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León Barroso as Hijo de Ortiz (uncredited)
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Victorio Blanco
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Selected filmography
* ''Judas'' (1936)
* '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940)
* ''Simón Bolívar'' ( ...
as Mendigo (uncredited)
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Josefina Burgos as Mujer en hipódromo (uncredited)
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Lupe Carriles
María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964), was a Mexican character actor, character actress.
Career
One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''The Soldiers of Pancho Villa, La cucaracha ...
as María, clienta de Cantinflas (uncredited)
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Enrique Carrillo as Policía (uncredited)
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Alfonso Carti as Policía (uncredited)
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Manuel Casanueva as Invitado en fiesta (uncredited)
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María Luisa Cortés as Mujer en hipódromo (uncredited)
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Pedro Elviro as Secretario de comisaría (uncredited)
*Lidia Franco as Vecina (uncredited)
*Salvador Godínez as Elevadorista (uncredited)
*Jesús Gómez as Policía (uncredited)
*Leonor Gómez as Vecina (uncredited)
*Guillermo Hernández as Kid Gorila (uncredited)
*Patricia de Morelos as Marta, hija de Pascual (uncredited)
*José Muñoz as Entrenador de Kid Gorila (uncredited)
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Antonio Padilla "Pícoro" as Anunciador del ring (uncredited)
*José Pardavé as Asistente de boxeador (uncredited)
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Salvador Quiroz
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Selected filmography
* ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938)
* ''Horse for Horse'' (1939)
* ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939)
* ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941)
* ''The 9 ...
as Espectador (uncredited)
*Paula Rendón as Vecina (uncredited)
*Salvador Terroba as José, cliente de Cantinflas (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
*Lentz III, Harris M. ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture''. McFarland, 2016.
*''Anuario del cine español''. Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo (SNE), Servicio de Estadística y Publicaciones (SEP), 1955.
*Hernández-Girbal, F. ''Los que pasaron por Hollywood''. BPR Publishers, 1992.
*''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1953-1954''. University of Guadalajara, 1992.
*Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.
External links
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1954 films
1954 comedy films
Mexican comedy films
Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Mexican black-and-white films
1950s Mexican films
1950s Spanish-language films
Spanish-language comedy films
Films scored by Raúl Lavista