''My Three Merry Widows'' (in Spanish ''Mis tres viudas alegres'') is a 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

Fernando Cortés Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died. On 1932, while in New York City, Fe ...

. It was filmed in 1953 and starring

Amalia Aguilar Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera (3 July 1924 – 8 November 2021), known professionally as Amalia Aguilar, was a Cuban-Mexican dancer, actress and comedian. Early life Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera was born in Matanzas, Cuba. She and her ...

, Lilia del Valle and

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achiev ...

Plot

Don Jose Samaniego ( Adalberto Martinez), an old and ridiculous man, marries Silvia (

), a 20-year-old girl. On their wedding night before the marriage be consummated, Don José died after suffering a seizure. Through the obituaries many people learn about his death and go to the cemetery. Among the visitors is Amalia (

), with her marriage certificate and says that in their wedding day, Don José got a call, went and never returned. Also coming Lilia ( Lilia del Valle), another widow, saying that her husband was kidnapped on their wedding night. The day when the will of Don José is read, the three women learns that the man also had a child with a cook. He asks who seek this woman and wait five years to take part in the inheritance.

Cast

... ''Amalia'' * Lilia del Valle ... ''Lilia'' *

... ''Silvia'' *

Adalberto Martínez Adalberto Martínez Chávez (25 January 1916 – April 4, 2003), better known in the entertainment world as Resortes, was a renowned Mexican actor. Known primarily for his talent as a comedian, Resortes was also a dancer. His stage name is Spanis ...

... ''Don José / Pepito'' *

José María Linares-Rivas José María Linares-Rivas (17 March 1901 - 13 April 1955) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1933 to 1955. Selected filmography References External links * * 1901 births 1955 deaths Spanish male film ...

... ''Don Caledonio'' *

Tito Novaro Tito may refer to: People Mononyms *Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), commonly known mononymously as Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman *Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat, and journal ...

... ''Estanislao Girao''

Reviews

In 1952 the Cuban rumbera Amalia Aguilar, Lilia del Valle and

Lilia Prado Lilia (Latin plural, meaning "lilies" in English; singular, ''lilium'') are pit traps arranged in a quincunx pattern dug by the Roman armies in front of their defences. Frequently they had sharpened stakes set inside them as an extra obstacle to a ...

staged ''The Three Merry Midwives'' and ''The Interested Women'', directed by

Tito Davison Tito Davison (14 November 1912 – 21 March 1985) was a Chilean-born Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1982. Selected filmography * '' Thus Is Life'' (1930) * ''Shadows of Glory'' (1930 ...

and Rogelio A. González respectively. As the films were successful, the formula is repeated and Silvia Pinal was chosen to replace Lilia Prado to team up with the other two actresses and interpreting together three sleepers, sympathetic, cheerful and, above all, very sexy women. The story runs after an absurd plot with supposedly scientific nonsense led by the Puerto Rican filmmaker Fernando Cortes, less skilled than Davison, but the grace of the three beautiful actresses and some good dancing numbers of Adalberto Martínez and Amalia Aguilar, make the movie bearable. In 1953 Cortés filmed a new film with the three actresses: ''The Loving Women (Las cariñosas)''.

References

External links

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''My Three Merry Widows on FilmAffinity''
1953 films Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films 1953 comedy films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub