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Yo quiero ser tonta

Yo quiero ser tonta
Film poster
Directed byEduardo Ugarte
Written byManuel Altolaguirre
Egon Eis
Carlos León
Eduardo Ugarte
Based onLas estrellas, a 1904 play
by Carlos Arniches
Produced byManuel Altolaguirre
StarringSara García
Fernando Soler
Rosita Quintana
CinematographyEzequiel Carrasco
Edited byRafael Portillo
Music byFederico Ruiz
Release date
  • 30 November 1950 (1950-11-30) (Mexico)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Yo quiero ser tonta ("I Want to be a Fool") is a 1950 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Eduardo Ugarte [es].[1] It stars Sara García, Fernando Soler and Rosita Quintana.[2][3]

Plot

A father dreams of his son becoming a bullfighter and his daughter a singer, so that they become millionaires, although apparently their talent is not there.

Cast

Production

The film is based on the musical comedy Las estrellas, by Carlos Arniches.[5][6] The adaptation was the work of the director[7][8] and Manuel Altolaguirre.[9] The film is the first of their production company Producciones Isla.[10] The book Tinta, papel, nitrato y celuloide lists it among the notable examples of adaptations of literary works typical of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[11]

The art direction was led by Jésus Bracho.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Yo quiero ser tonta" (in Spanish). Mi.tx. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. ^ Mi film: la revista del cine nacional y extranjero (1951), Volumes 11-12, (p.4) (in Spanish)
  3. ^ García Riera, Emilio (1963). El cine mexicano. Ediciones Era. p. 127.
  4. ^ Riera, Emilio García (1990). Los hermanos Soler (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro de Investigación y Enseñanza Cinematográficas. ISBN 978-968-895-090-6.
  5. ^ Wilt, David E. (2024-10-17). The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0430-5.
  6. ^ García, Pedro López (2013-02-28). Alicantinos en el cine. Cineastas en Alicante (in Spanish). Editorial Club Universitario. ISBN 978-84-9948-539-3.
  7. ^ Agramonte, Arturo; Castillo, Luciano (2022-12-07). Cronología del cine cubano III (1945-1952) (in Spanish). RUTH. ISBN 978-959-304-353-3.
  8. ^ Agramonte, Arturo; Castillo, Luciano (2022-12-07). Cronología del cine cubano IV (1953-1959). RUTH. ISBN 978-959-304-354-0.
  9. ^ Albersmeier, Franz-Josef (2001-01-01). Theater, Film, Literatur in Spanien: Literaturgeschichte als integrierte Mediengeschichte (in German). Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-503-04983-7.
  10. ^ "exhibition - the cinema (1944-1959) - Manuel Altolaguirre (1905-1959)". www.residencia.csic.es. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  11. ^ Castro, Francisco Martín Peredo; Venegas, Carmen García; Plata, Blanca Aguilar; Jacobo, Pilar Mandujano; Macedo, Alfonso Rodríguez; Orozco, Federico Dávalos; Arroyo, Jacquelinne Sánchez; Reséndiz, Isabel Lincoln Strange; García, Magda Lillalí Rendón (2021-01-15). Tinta, papel, nitrato y celuloide: Diálogos entre cine, prensa y literatura en México (in Spanish). UNAM, Dirección General de Publicaciones y Fomento Editorial. ISBN 978-607-30-3658-0.
  12. ^ Ibarra, Jesús (2006). Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 978-970-32-3074-7.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_quiero_ser_tonta