''La melodía prohibida'', translated into

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

in English reviews as ''Forbidden Melody'', was a 1933 American

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directed by Frank Strayer, which stars

José Mojica Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica (14 September 1895 – 20 September 1974) was a Mexican Franciscan friar and former tenor and film actor. He was known in the music and film fields as José Mojica. (Spanish) Mojica joined the world of the Americ ...

, Conchita Montenegro, and

Mona Maris Mona Maris (born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville or Maria Rosa Amita Capdeville, November 7, 1903 – March 23, 1991) was an Argentine film actress. Early life Mona Maris was born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville. Some sources spell her last name as C ...

. The screenplay was written by

Paul Perez Paul Lusi Perez (born 26 July 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player. Career Sevens In 2005 and 2006, Perez was part of the Samoa national rugby sevens team, Samoa sevens side. He was also a member of the Samoan side that played at the 2005 Rug ...

and

Enrique Jardiel Poncela Enrique Jardiel Poncela (15 October 1901 – 18 February 1952) was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works. In 1932-33 and 1934 he was called to Hollywood to help with the Spanish-language versions shot in parallel to ...

, from a story by

Eve Unsell Eve Unsell (December 6, 1879 – July 6, 1937) was an American screenwriter. She wrote for more than 90 films between 1914 and 1933.

. It was produced and distributed by

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, which released it on September 13, 1933.

Cast list

as Kalu * Conchita Montenegro as Tuila *

as Peggy * Romualdo Tirado as Al Martin * Juan Martínez Plá as Bob Grant * Carmen Rodríguez as Tía Olivia * Antonio Vidal as El gobernador * Ralph Navarro as Tom Nichols * Agostino Borgato as Win Ta Tu * Soledad Jiménez as Fa Uma * Charles Bancroft as Ricky Doyle

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* * * 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films 1933 drama films 1933 films American drama films Fox Film films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer American black-and-white films Films scored by Samuel Kaylin 1930s American films Spanish-language drama films {{1930s-drama-film-stub