''María Islands'' (Spanish: ''Islas Marías'') is a 1951 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

Emilio Fernández Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 October 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best kn ...

and starring

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...

Rosaura Revueltas Rosaura Revueltas Sánchez (August 6, 1910 – April 30, 1996) was a Mexican actress of screen and stage, and a dancer, author and teacher. Early life Rosaura Revueltas was born in Lerdo, Durango, Mexico to the famously artistic Revueltas famil ...

, and Rocío Sagaón.Heredia p.140

Cast

as Felipe Ortiz Suárez *

as Rosa Suárez vda. de Ortiz * Rocío Sagaón as María * Esther Luquín as Alejandra * Jaime Fernández as Ricardo *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which won ...

as Miguel *

Julio Villarreal Julio Villarreal (7 December 1885 – 4 August 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico. He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Taibo p.155 Born as Julio Crochet i Martínez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theat ...

as Rector escuela militar *

Rodolfo Acosta Rodolfo Pérez Acosta (July 29, 1920 – November 7, 1974) was a Mexican-American character actor who became known for his roles as Mexican outlaws or American Indians in Hollywood western films. He was sometimes credited as Rudolfo Acosta ...

as El Silencio * Tito Junco as General *

Luis Aceves Castañeda Luis Aceves Castañeda (1913–1973) was a Mexican film actor.Paietta, p. 141. Selected filmography * ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) * ''Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * ''Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''A Place Near Heaven'' (1952) * ''Mexican Bus Ride'' ...

as Detective de policía *

Julio Ahuet Julio Ahuet was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, including ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951), ''Here Comes Martin Corona'' (1952), and the El Santo film ''Profanadores de tumbas'' (1966). ...

as Taxista * Daniel Arroyo as Invitado a fiesta * Josefina Burgos as Florista * Margarita Ceballos as Margarita * Aurora Cortés as Sirvienta * José Escanero as Vecino * Rogelio Fernández as Alguacil * Georgina González as Espectadora marcha militar * Gilberto González * Emilio Gálvez * Leonor Gómez as Cocinera Islas Marias * Elodia Hernández as Parienta de prisionero * Regino Herrera as Preso * Felipe Montoya as Lic. González * Yolanda Ortiz as Cabaretera * Ignacio Peón as Actuario *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

as Coronel * Humberto Rodríguez as Actuario * Jorge Treviño as Don Jorge *

Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works ...

as Don Venancio * Manuel Vergara 'Manver' as Borracho cabaret

References

Bibliography

* Juanita Heredia. ''Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Emilio Fernández Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub