''Summer Hotel'' (Spanish: ''Hotel de verano'') is a 1944 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

René Cardona René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on Oct ...

.Herrera-Sobek, p. 1080 The film's sets were designed by

Manuel Fontanals Manuel Fontanals (1893–1972) was a Catalonian Spanish-born art director who settled and worked in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early years The son of the cabinetmaker Tomàs Fontanals i Sivilla and his mother Rosa Mateu, Man ...

Cast

* Carlos Amador *

Blanquita Amaro Blanquita Amaro (June 30, 1923 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba – March 15, 2007 in Miami, United States) was a Cuban film actress of the 1940s and early 1950s who starred in the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She appeared in some 17 fi ...

* Ramón Armengod * Eva Briseño * Marcelo Chávez * Pedro Elviro * Camilo Farjat *

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna Consuelo Guerrero de Luna (1905–1972) was a Spanish film actress who settled in Mexico. She appeared in more than fifty films including the 1945 historical film ''The White Monk''.Taibo p.155 Selected filmography * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (19 ...

* Enrique Herrera * Rafael Icardo *

Janice Logan Janice Logan (May 30, 1915 – October 23, 1965) was an American film actress. Early years Logan was a native of Chicago. Her father was Stuart Logan, "one of Chicago's leading investment brokers." Film Logan's film debut came in ''Dr. Cycl ...

* Pepe Nava * José Pulido * Salvador Quiroz * Jorge Reyes * Alma Riva * Germán Valdés * Pedro Vargas *

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 ...

References

Bibliography

* Maria Herrera-Sobek. ''Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions''. ABC-CLIO, 2012.

External links

* 1944 films 1944 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by René Cardona Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub