''Estrellados'' is a 1930 American

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directed by Salvador de Alberich and

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, and written by Salvador de Alberich, Paul Dickey and Richard Schayer. The film stars

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, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo, Juan de Homs and Carlos Villarías. The film was released on July 7, 1930, by

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. The film serves as the Spanish-language version of '' Free and Easy''.

Plot

Cast

as Canuto Cuadratin * Raquel Torres as Elvira Rosas * Don Alvarado as Larry Mitchell *María Calvo as La Mamà Rosas *Juan de Homs as Director * Carlos Villarías as Jack Collier * Lionel Barrymore as himself * William Haines as himself *

John Miljan John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1924 and 1958. Biography Born in 1892, Miljan was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four deca ...

as himself * Gwen Lee as herself *

Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most co ...

as himself *

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as himself

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* 1930 films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films American comedy films 1930 comedy films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Edward Sedgwick American black-and-white films American multilingual films 1930 multilingual films 1930s American films Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer Spanish-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub