''The Newlywed Wants a House'' (Spanish: ''El casado casa quiere'') is a 1948 Mexican

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directed by

Gilberto Martínez Solares Mario Gilberto Agustin Martinez Solares (January 19, 1906 – January 18, 1997) was a Mexican director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and actor who is considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Mexican cinema having directed more tha ...

and starring

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and Malú Gatica. Jacobson p.95 It was part of a scheme by

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to remake some of their older works in Mexico. It is a remake of the 1931 film '' Too Many Cooks'', itself based on an earlier play by

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. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gunther Gerszo.

Synopsis

Carlos Rivas draws his savings out of the

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to build his ideal house for himself and his

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Alicia. However he soon finds his plans interfered in by friends and her large family.

Cast

as Alicia Conejo *

as Carlos Rivas * Malú Gatica as Elena Luna * Eduardo Noriega as Quico Posada *

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as Señor Miguel Conejo *

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as Tío Jorge * Fernando Soto as Tasi *

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as Señora Conejo *

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as Contratista *

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as Tinita * Juan García as Luis Conejo *

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as José Conejo * María Valdealde as Tía Eva * Norma Gloria as Berta Conejo *

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as Eduardo Conejo *

Alfonso Jiménez Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. I ...

as Pedro Conejo *

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as Tío Urbano

References

Bibliography

* Jacobson, Brian R. (ed.) ''In the Studio: Visual Creation and Its Material Environments''. University of California Press, 2020. * Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946–1948. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.

External links

* 1948 films Mexican comedy films 1948 comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films Estudios Churubusco films Remakes of American films RKO Pictures films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub