''Beautiful Mexico'' (Spanish:''México lindo'') is a 1938 Mexican

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed and co-written by

Ramón Pereda Marcelo Ramón Pereda Saro (30 August 1897 – 19 June 1986) was a Spanish-Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.Agrasánchez p.106 He was married to the actresses María Antonieta Pons and Adriana Lamar. He appeared in the ...

and starring Pereda,

Adriana Lamar Adriana Lamar (9 May 1909 – 30 January 1946) was a Mexican film actress.Jarvinen p.141 She appeared in thirty four films until her death at the age of thirty eight in 1946. She was married to the actor Ramón Pereda, with whom she co-starred in ...

and

Antonio R. Frausto Antonio R. Frausto (20 September 1897 – 29 January 1954) was a Mexican film actor.Mora p.39 A leading character actor he became a familiar face during the Golden age of Mexican cinema, appearing more than ninety films. He played the nineteenth c ...

.Wood p.285 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 ...

Fernando A. Rivero.

Cast

as Manuel Morales *

as Rosario *

as Mamerto * Leopoldo Beristáin as Don Chema González * Luis G. Barreiro as Licenciado Lángara * Juanita Barceló as Polí Ponce * Chucha Camacho as Chucha *

Antonio Bravo Antonio Bravo (12 May 1906 – 28 February 1992) was a Spanish-born Mexican film and television actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.159 He appeared in more than a hundred and forty productions during a lengthy career. Selected filmography * '' Beautiful ...

as Serafín *

Conchita Gentil Arcos Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinem ...

as Doña Ángeles * Fernando Soto as Taxista *

Trío Calaveras Trío Calaveras is a Mexican guitar and vocal trio, notable for its performances and recordings with the pop singer Jorge Negrete. History ''Calaveras'', in Spanish, means "skulls". The original members of the trio in the 1930s were Guillerm ...

as Ensemble

References

Bibliography

* Andrew Grant Wood. ''Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography''. OUP USA, 2014.

External links

* 1938 films 1938 musical films Mexican musical films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ramón Pereda Mexican black-and-white films 1930s Mexican films Spanish-language musical films {{musical-film-stub