''School of Mermaids and Sharks'' (''Escuela de sirenas y tiburones'') is a

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

directed by

Enrique Carreras Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina. Born in Lima, Peru, Carr ...

and starring Amelia Vargas,

Alfredo Barbieri Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fil ...

Esteban Serrador Esteban Serrador (1903–1978) was a Chilean actor. He was mainly involved in film production in Argentina. He starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director Carlos Schlieper. Selected filmography * ''Our Natacha'' (1944) *''Cris ...

and

Leonor Rinaldi Leonor or Léonor is a short form of the given name Eleanor. People bearing the name include: *Leonor Beleza (born 1948), Portuguese politician *Leonor Briones (born 1940), Filipino academic and civil servant * Leonor de Cisneros (died 1568), S ...

. The film was released on 4 August 1955. Enrique Carreras remade the film in 1982 under the title '' Los fierecillos indomables'', starring

Alberto Olmedo Alberto Olmedo (24 August 1933 – 5 March 1988) was an Argentine comedian and actor, popularly regarded as one of the most important comedians in the history of his country, for his outstanding work in television, cinema and theater. Olmedo ...

and

Jorge Porcel Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta (; 7 September 1936 – 16 May 2006), known as Jorge Porcel, was an Argentine comedy actor and television host. He was nicknamed ''El Gordo de América'' (''America's Fat Guy''). Porcel is considered, along with A ...

in the lead roles.

Plot

Misunderstandings, songs and intrigues in a co-ed boarding school.

Cast

as student Palmiro Varela *

Amelita Vargas People *Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963), Italian soprano *Amelita Ramos (1927), wife of Fidel V. Ramos, the twelfth President of the Philippines *Amelita Ward Amelita Ward (July 17, 1923 – April 26, 1987) was an American film actress. She playe ...

as mermaid Linfor *

as Prof. Carlos Fuentes *

as Srta. Tremebunda * Francisco Álvarez as head of college *

Marcos Caplán Marcos Caplán (15 March 1905 – 3 October 1979) was an Argentine stage and film actor.Finkielman p.218 Selected filmography * ''Paths of Faith'' (1938) * ''Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 Apr ...

as Palmiro Varela *

Gogó Andreu Ricardo César Andreu (July 27, 1919 – May 1, 2012) was an Argentine actor, comedian and musician. He was born in a family of actors. His parents were Antonio Andreu and Isabel Anchart, who were owners of an itinerary theatre company that mad ...

as Mamertino Álvarez * Sandra Verani as Clotilde Cáceres * Tincho Zabala as Pilatos * Semillita as student *

Alfonso Pisano 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. ...

Mario Amaya Mario Amaya (October 6, 1933 – June 29, 1986) was an American art critic, museum director and magazine editor, and (1972–1976) director of the New York Cultural Center and (1976–1979) the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. He was ...

Tono Andreu Tono Andreu (1915–1981) was an Argentine film actor.Cowie & Elley p.25 He was the brother of Gogó Andreu, who was also an actor. Selected filmography * '' Campeón a la fuerza'' (1950) * '' The Phantom of the Operetta'' (1955) * '' Hotel aloja ...

* Carmen Campoy as student

Reception

'' La Razón'' commented: "The classic and conventional entanglement between students and teachers that is used every time the subject of a school is comically dealt with on the screen." '' Noticias Gráficas'' said: "Everything that is reflected on the screen is at the margin of the least demanding common sense." Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book ''Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995)'' wrote (translated from Spanish): "Blockbuster and simplistic, to take advantage of the moment of greatest popularity of the leading couple. The scene of the football match is copied from an identical scene in ''

Avivato '' Avivato'' is a 1949 Argentine film directed and written by Enrique Cahen Salaberry with Ariel Cortazzo. Starring Pepe Iglesias. Cast *Pepe Iglesias as Avivato *Benita Puértolas *Lilian Valmar Celia María Damestoi (27 September 1928 � ...

'' ".

References

External links

* 1955 films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Enrique Carreras 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub