''Story of a Bad Woman'' ( es, Historia de una mala mujer) is a 1948 Argentine drama film directed by

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and starring the Mexican and Hollywood superstar

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, Alberto Closas. It is based on '' Lady Windermere's Fan'' by

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.Hall p.248 The film's

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was by

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. It was made by

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, one of the country's biggest studios during the era.

Cast

as Mrs. Erlynne *

* Alberto Closas * Fernando Lamas * Amalia Sánchez Ariño *

Homero Cárpena Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombre ...

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* Bertha Moss *

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* Luis Otero * Amalia Bernabé * Francisco de Paula *

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* Alberto de Mendoza *

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References

Bibliography

* Hall, Linda. ''Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade''. Stanford University Press, 2013.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 drama films Argentine drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine films based on plays Films directed by Luis Saslavsky 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub