''Beautiful Michoacán'' (Spanish: ''¡Qué lindo es Michoacán!'') is a 1943 Mexican

musical Musical is the adjective of music Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact def ...

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 o ...

directed by

Ismael Rodríguez Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Tos ...

and starring

Tito Guízar Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (; April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999), known professionally as Tito Guízar, was a Mexican singer and actor. Along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, as well as José Mojica, Guízar was a ...

Gloria Marín Gloria Méndez Ramos (19 April 1919 – 13 April 1983), better known as Gloria Marín, was a Mexican actress. She was considered a celebrated female star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During her career, Marín appeared in about 100 films ...

and

Víctor Manuel Mendoza Víctor Manuel Mendoza (1913–1995) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.159 Selected filmography * ''Almas rebeldes'' (1937) * ''Ojos tapatios'' (1938) - Carlos * ''Los bandidos de Río Frío'' (1938) - Juan Robreño * '' While Mexico ...

.Hellier-Tinoco p.282 A wealthy woman travels to

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

where she has inherited an estate. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada.

Cast

as Ernesto *

as Gloria Santibáñez *

as Roque *

Evita Muñoz Eva María Muñoz Ruíz (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued perf ...

("Chachita") as Chachita *

Dolores Camarillo Dolores Camarillo (March 31, 1910 – February 8, 1988) was a Mexican character actress of film, television, and theater. She also was a makeup artist for films, and was frequently billed as "Fraustita". Personal life The daughter of acto ...

as Nacha * Jesús Graña as Evaristo *

Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the ''de facto'' ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritarian ruler who amassed a personal fo ...

as Padre Francisco *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which w ...

as Licenciado *

Carolina Barret Carolina Barret (21 October 1916 – 13 October 2010) was a Mexican film actress.Agrasánchez p.160 Selected filmography * '' Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * '' La razón de la cu ...

as Julia *

Julio Ahuet Julio Ahuet was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, including '' Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951), '' Here Comes Martin Corona'' (1952), and the El Santo film ''Profanadores de tumbas'' (1966 ...

as Valentín *

Ángel Garasa Ángel Garasa Bergés (12 December 1905 – 27 August 1976) was a Spanish-Mexican film actor.Pilcher p.85 Garasa was born in Madrid and emigrated to Mexico in 1937, fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' ( ...

as Gastón * Lupe del Castillo as Pianista * Emma Duval as Nana

References

Bibliography

* Ruth Hellier-Tinoco. ''Embodying Mexico: Tourism, Nationalism & Performance''. Oxford University Press, 2011.

External links

* 1943 films 1943 musical comedy films Mexican musical comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{musical-comedy-film-stub