''Music, Poetry and Madness'' (Spanish title:''Músico, poeta y loco'') is a 1948 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

Humberto Gómez Landero Humberto Gómez Landero (1904–1968) was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.1473 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) Director *''The Dis ...

and starring Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and

Meche Barba Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...

.Hershfield & Maciel p.73

Cast

* Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo *

as Mercedes Miraflores *

Beatriz Ramos Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings oth ...

as Consuelo Fernández * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Altagracia *

Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Everybody's Woman'' ...

as Señorita directora * Natalia Gentil Arcos as Secretaria *

Ernesto Finance Ernesto Finance (15 January 1891–16 February 1974) was a Mexican stage and film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Corner Stop'' (1948) * ''Music, ...

as Don Maximiliano *

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as Don Esteban * Jesús Graña as Doctor Arsenio Mata Lozano * Humberto Rodríguez as Jefe de policía * Hernán Vera as Don Apolonio * Luis Arcaraz *

Gloria Lozano Gloria Lozano was an actress and producer active during the golden age of Mexican cinema. She also co-wrote the 1957 film '' Mi influyente mujer''. One Los Angeles Times reviewer described her as "a fiery actress with enormous, beautiful eyes." ...

as Chica baila con Tin Tan * Félix Medel * María Luisa Smith as Espectadora de vendedores * Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Transeunte

References

Bibliography

*Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Humberto Gómez Landero Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub