''Beautiful Mexico'' (Spanish:''México lindo'') is a 1938 Mexican

musical 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 breaks ...

directed by

Ramón Pereda Marcelo Ramón Pereda Saro (1897–1986) was a Spanish-Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.Agrasánchez p.106 He was married to the actresses María Antonieta Pons and Adriana Lamar. He appeared in the 1930 Spanish-language ...

and starring Pereda,

Adriana Lamar Adriana Lamar (1909-1946) was a Mexican film actress.Jarvinen p.141 She appeared in thirty four films until her death at the age of thirty eight in 1946. She was married to the actor Ramón Pereda, with whom she co-starred in several films. Selec ...

and Antonio R. Frausto.Wood p.285 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Fernando A. Rivero Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

Cast

as Manuel Morales *

as Rosario * Antonio R. Frausto as Mamerto * Leopoldo Beristáin as Don Chema González *

Luis G. Barreiro Luis G. Barreiro (1886–1947) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 Selected filmography * ''Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Heads or Tails (1937 film), Heads or Tails'' (1937) * ''These Men (film), These Men'' (1937) * ''Beautiful Mexico' ...

as Licenciado Lángara * Juanita Barceló as Polí Ponce * Chucha Camacho as Chucha * Antonio Bravo as Serafín * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Ángeles * Fernando Soto as Taxista *

Trío Calaveras Trío Calaveras is a Mexican guitar and vocal trio, notable for its performances and recordings with the pop singer Jorge Negrete. History ''Calaveras'', in Spanish, means "skulls". The original members of the trio in the 1930s were Guillermo ...

as Ensemble

References

Bibliography

* Andrew Grant Wood. ''Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography''. OUP USA, 2014.

External links

* 1938 films 1938 musical films Mexican musical films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ramón Pereda Mexican black-and-white films 1930s Mexican films {{musical-film-stub