''Malvaloca'' is a 1926 Spanish silent

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

Benito Perojo Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a successful Spanish film director and film producer. Biography Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his ...

and starring Lidia Gutiérrez, Manuel San Germán and

Javier de Rivera Javier de Rivera (born 1902) was a Spanish actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1912 play of the same title.Peiró p.41

Cast

* Lidia Gutiérrez as Rosa 'Malvaloca' * Manuel San Germán as Leonardo *

as Salvador * Joaquín Carrasco as Jeromo * Florencia Bécquer as Juanela * Lina Moreno as Hermana Piedad * Juan Manuel Figuera as Padre de la hija de Malvaloca * Carlos Verger as Lobito *

Amalia Molina Amalia Molina (Seville, 1881 - Barcelona, July 8, 1956) was a popular Spanish tonadillera and dancer. Raised in Triana, she moved at a young age to Madrid, where she debuted at the age of 17. Her career took her to Latin America and even Broadway ...

* Alfredo Hurtado

References

Bibliography

* Peiró, Eva Woods. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Spanish drama films Spanish silent films 1920s Spanish-language films Spanish films based on plays Films directed by Benito Perojo Films set in Málaga Spanish black-and-white films Silent drama films {{1920s-Spain-film-stub