''Love Love'' (Spanish: ''Amor perdido'') is a 1951 Mexican

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Miguel Morayta Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Repub ...

and starring

Amalia Aguilar Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera (3 July 1924 – 8 November 2021), known professionally as Amalia Aguilar, was a Cuban-Mexican dancer, actress and comedian. Early life Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera was born in Matanzas, Cuba. She and her ...

and

Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominati ...

. The plot is inspired by the famous

bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It h ...

of the same name by Pedro Flores. It is in the tradition of

Rumberas films The Rumberas film (in Spanish, Cine de rumberas) was a film genre that flourished in Mexico's Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its major stars were the so-called ''Cuban rumba, rumberas'', dancers of Afro-Caribbean music, Afro-C ...

. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Ramón Rodríguez Granada.

Plot

A young rumba dancer named Amalia (

), is supported by her friend, a young composer named Ernesto (Tito Novaro) to become a cabaret dancer. She meets and falls in love with the gangster Luis (

Victor Junco The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

). She has an accident on her face caused by the jealous lover of Luis, Celia (Yadira Jiménez), and has to wear a maskso she decides to leave without telling anyone. The gangster discovers her dancing in a cabaret and decides to kill her, not knowing the reason for her disappearance.

Cast

as Amalia *

Yadira Jiménez Yadira is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Yadira Bendaña (born 1968), Honduran journalist and politician *Yadira Caraveo (born 1980), American politician *Yadira Geara (born 1986), Dominican beauty queen and former tenni ...

as Celia *

as Luis *

Tito Novaro Tito Novaro (1918–1986) was a Mexican actor and film director. Noble p.193 He began his career in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Selected filmography * '' Borrasca humana'' (1940) * ''Wild Flower'' (1943) * '' The Circus'' (1943) * ''Santa' ...

as Ernesto * José Pulido as Andrés *

Eduardo Alcaraz Alfredo Vergara Morales (13 April 1915 – 18 April 1987), best known by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films such as '' Escuela de rateros'' (1 ...

as Don Paco *

Felipe de Flores Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy ...

as Doctor *

Alfredo Varela padre Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. Given name Artists and musicians * Aldo Sambrell (1931–2010), Spanish actor also known as Alfredo San ...

as Don Matías *

Chel López Chel may refer to: * ''NHL'' (video game series), often colloquially known as Chel * Chel, a village in the municipality of Chajul, Guatemala {{disambiguation ...

as Don Pedro *

Enrique Zambrano Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

as El Californiano *

Julia Alonso Julia Alonso Marquez (1890–1977) was a Mexican composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. Born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Alonso studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, and had achieved success as a composer by the age of twenty-five. After gr ...

as Enfermera *

Armando Arriola Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Mesero * Lily Aclemar as Andrea *

Dámaso Pérez Prado Dámaso is a Spanish masculine given name. The name is equivalent to that of Pope Damasus I in English. The name also exists in Italian as Damaso, though it is uncommon. People * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet * Dámaso Berenguer, 1s ...

as Self *

María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927) is a Mexican actress, singer and comedian. She is best known for starring as maid ‘Inocencia de la Concepción de Lourdes Escarabarzaleta de la Barquera y Dávalos Pandeada Derecha ...

as María Victoria * María Luisa Landín as Cantante *

Juan Bruno Tarraza ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

as Pianista

References

External links

* 1951 films Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1951 drama films 1950s Mexican films Films directed by Miguel Morayta {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub