''Mischievous Susana'' (Spanish: ''La pícara Susana'') is a 1945 Mexican

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the 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 serve merely as break ...

directed by

Fernando Cortés Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died. In 1932, while in New Y ...

and starring

Mapy Cortés Maria del Pilar Cordero (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), better known as Mapy Cortés, was a Puerto Rican actress who acted in many films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography Cortés appeared in the U.S. State Department propa ...

, Luis Aldás and

Fortunio Bonanova Fortunio Bonanova, pseudonym of Josep Lluís Moll, (13 January 1895 – 2 April 1969) was a Spanish baritone singer and a film, theater, and television actor. He occasionally worked as a producer and director. According to Lluis Fàbregas Cuixar ...

. This is Cortés's directorial debut; he directed his wife Mapy, who plays the lead role.

Cast

as Susana Martínez/ Lupe Rodríguez * Luis Aldás as Miguel Ángel Pérez *

as Conde Mauricio Tonescu *

as Don Andrés Martínez Rico * Alfredo Varela as Señor Badu * Luis G. Barreiro as Sr. Ramón Filosel * Virginia Manzano as Margarita *

José Pidal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

as Benjamín, butler * Conchita Gentil Arcos as customer * Consuelo Segarra as Sra. Pérez *

Paco Martínez Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as (father of the community); ...

as Sr. Pérez * Pedro Elviro as waiter * Fernando Del Valle * José Arratia * Jose Pastor * Alfredo Varela padre as waiter *

Lidia Franco Lidia may refer to: * Lidia (given name) * ''Lidia'' (spider), a spider genus * Hurricane Lidia, multiple storms * ''Comoedia Lydiae'', a medieval Latin elegiac comedy from the late twelfth century * Spanish Fighting Bull The Spanish Fight ...

as homeowner * Ana María Hernández as dinner guest * Margarito Luna as drunk * Félix Samper as dinner guest * María Valdealde as Mujer transeúnte

References

Bibliography

* Miluka Rivera. ''Legado puertorriqueño en Hollywood: famosos y olvidados''. Lulu.com, 2010.

External links

* 1945 films 1945 musical comedy films Mexican musical comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Cortés Mexican black-and-white films Mexican films based on plays Films based on works by Louis Verneuil 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub 1945 directorial debut films Spanish-language musical comedy films