''Tropical Delirium'' (Spanish: ''Delirio Tropical'') is a 1952 Mexican
musical
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* Musical film
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drama film
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directed by
Miguel Morayta
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Víctor Alcocer
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Rumberas films
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popular during the
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
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. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in
Mexico City
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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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 Empresario
*
Armando Velasco
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as Don Felipe
*
Guillermo Calles
Guillermo Calles (25 June 1893 – 28 February 1958) was a Mexican film actor, producer and director.Agrasánchez p.158
Selected filmography
* '' Behind Two Guns'' (1924)
* ''Dios y Ley'' (1929)
* '' El vuelo de la muerte'' (1934)
* '' Such Is ...
* Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1951-1952''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.
* Wilt, David E. ''The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001''. McFarland, 2024.