''The Blood Stain'' (Spanish:''La Mancha de Sangre'') is a 1937 Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Adolfo Best Maugard Adolfo Best Maugard, also known as Fito Best (June 11, 1891 – August 25, 1964),
(Spanish), ' ...

and starring

Estela Inda Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1924 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including ''Los olvidados'' by Luis Buñuel in 1949. Biography Inda started her career as extra in the successful ...

, José Casal and Heriberto G. Batemberg. It had serious problems with the Mexican

censors Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

due to its portrayal of

prostitution Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, n ...

.Biltereyst & Vande Winkel, p.71 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 ...

Mariano Rodríguez Granada Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also ...

Cast

* José Casal * Heriberto G. Batemberg *

Manuel Dondé er Manuel Dondé (1906 – 27 May 1976) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 He frequently played villains during his long film career. Selected filmography * ''La llorona'' (1933) * ''Soulless Women'' (1934) - Policía * ''El bastardo'' (1937 ...

* Lorenzo Diaz Gonzalez * Elvira Gosti * Chico Mabarak * José Muñoz * Luis Santibanez * Diego Villalba

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Biltereyst & Roel Vande Winkel. ''Silencing Cinema: Film Censorship Around the World''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

External links

* 1937 films 1937 drama films Mexican drama films 1930s Spanish-language films Films about prostitution in Mexico Films set in Mexico City {{1930s-Mexico-film-stub Mexican black-and-white films 1930s Mexican films