''Bachelor Father'' (Spanish: ''Papá Soltero'') is a 1939 American Spanish-language

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directed by

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and starring

Tito Guízar Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (; April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999), known professionally as Tito Guízar, was a Mexican singer and actor. Along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, as well as José Mojica, Guízar was ...

, Amanda Varela and

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.Jarvinen p.157

Cast

as Carlos del Rio * Amanda Varela as Marta Cortez / Teresa *

as Tana * Paul Ellis as Cruz Ramos * Sarita Wooton as Lolita *

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as Cándido *

Martin Garralaga Martín Garralaga (10 November 1894 – 12 June 1981) was a Spanish actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was married to opera singer and actress Rosa Rey. Biography Garralaga first came to the United States wh ...

as Pérez *

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as Ricardo * Raúl Lechuga as Tómas *

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as Romualda *

Carlos Villarías Carlos Villarías (7 July 1892 – 27 April 1976) was a Spanish actor who was born in Córdoba, Spain, and died in California, United States. His most famous role is in the title role of the Spanish-language version of ''Dracula'' (1931), wi ...

as Buenrostro * King Wallace as Police Sergeant *

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as Don Pedro * José Peña as El sordo * Carlos Ruffino as Crespo *

Carlos Montalbán Carlos Montalbán y Merino (June 5, 1904March 28, 1991) was a Mexican character actor. Early life Montalbán was born in Torreón in Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Ricarda Merino Jiménez and Genaro Balbino Montalbán Busano, a store manager. His ...

as Esteban * Daniel Rea as Agustín

References

Bibliography

* Jarvinen, Lisa. ''The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939''. Rutger's University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1939 films 1939 comedy films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films American comedy films Films directed by Richard Harlan American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub