''La reina del mambo'' (''The Queen of the Mambo''), also known as ''Sin tí'' (''Without You'') is a 1951

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. It stars

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and

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Plot

Consuelo (

), infatuated with the scoundrel Victor (Eduardo Noriega), breaks up with her boyfriend Luis (

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), an attorney. Consuelo's father Balderas, a judge, warns her against Victor. Victor drugs and seduces the young girl and takes her to

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, where she is sexually assaulted. Consuelo, on the advice of her friend ''La Norteña'', escapes to

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and finds success as a cabaret dancer. She became known as ''Carmen La Tirana'' ('Carmen the tyrant') for the harshness with which she treats men. Victor comes looking for her and conflicts develop in the plot. The girl is unfairly sent to prison, where she is helped by a friendly old drunk woman (

), who turns out in reality to be a very rich woman.

Cast

... ''Consuelo / Carmen La Tirana'' *

... ''Tía'' *

... ''Luis'' * Eduardo Noriega ... ''Victor'' * José Baviera *

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Reviews

The communicating vessels of the film melodrama are infinite: The director, Ramón Pereda baptized to the rumbera heroine with a Spanish nickname; and the maternal protection of Sara García, who in other melodramas has proved to be a fierce advocate of the virtue. But Sara García was not a sweet grandmother as usual; instead she plays a drunkard, perhaps on the inspiration of

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in the film ''La Marquesa del barrio''. Of course, Damaso Perez Prado contributed music to this film: the mambo ''El ruletero''.

References

External links

* 1951 films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1951 drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub