''Corner Stop'' (Spanish:''Esquina, bajan...!'') is a 1948 Mexican

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film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring

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, Fernando Soto and Olga Jiménez. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gunther Gerszo. It is set in urban Mexico, which was growing rapidly in that era.Segre p.123 The title refers to a

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Partial cast

as Gregorio del Prado * Fernando Soto as Constantino Reyes Almanza 'Regalito' * Olga Jiménez as Cholita *

Delia Magaña Delia Magaña (February 2, 1903 – March 31, 1996) was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Life Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. ...

as La Bicha, mesera *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 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 Don Octaviano Lara y Puente *

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las gl ...

as Axcaná González * Francisco Pando as Fidel Yáñez *

Eugenia Galindo Eugenia Galindo (1897–1968) was a Spanish stage and film actress. She was active in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.Noble p.103 She was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1949 film '' A F ...

as Doña Chabela * Jorge Arriaga as Robles, esbirro de Langarica *

Ángel Infante Ángel Infante Cruz (Acaponeta, Nayarit, México; 1 October 1914 – Ciudad de México 15 December 1987) was a popular Mexican actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in more than 120 films, 47 of which were great successe ...

as Menchaca 'Rayito de Sol' * Mario Castillo * Pin Crespo as Isabel * Pedro León as Don Roque * Carmen Novelty as Pasajera rubia falsa * Joaquín Roche as Policía *

Ernesto Finance Ernesto Finance (15 January 1891–16 February 1974) was a Mexican stage and film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' Corner Stop'' (1948) * ''Music ...

as Despachador *

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (September 25, 1920 – May 6, 1997) was a Mexican actor whose career spanned five decades from the 1940s till his death. He appeared in both American and Mexican films and television, with prominent roles in ''The Magn ...

as Rabanito *

Víctor Parra Víctor Parra Reyes (10 January 1920 – 20 February 1994) was a Mexicans, Mexican actor and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he won three Ariel Awards. Selected filmography As an actor *''Champion Without a Cro ...

as Manuel Largo Langarica

References

Bibliography

* Segre, Erica. ''Intersected Identities: Strategies of Visualisation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Mexican Culture''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 romantic comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alejandro Galindo Mexican black-and-white films Mexican romantic comedy films 1940s Mexican films Films scored by Raúl Lavista Spanish-language romantic comedy films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub