''Ramona'' is a 1946 Mexican

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directed by

Víctor Urruchúa Víctor Urruchúa (30 December 1912 – 1981) was a Mexican actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 24 films between 1926 and 1951. He also directed 15 films between 1944 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Two Monks'' (1934 - ...

and starring

Esther Fernandez Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1884 American novel ''

Ramona ''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...

'' by

Helen Hunt Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans by t ...

. The film was both a financial and critical failure.Stavans p.61 The film's sets were designed by the

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Plot summary

Cast

Antonio Badú Antonio Badú (August 13, 1914 – June 29, 1993) was a Mexican film actor and producer.de la Mora p.90 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career, which began during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * '' ¡Ay qu ...

* Juan Calvo *

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* Cuquita Martinez * Carlos Navarro * Bernardo Sancristóbal *

Fanny Schiller Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for bes ...

References

Bibliography

* Ilan Stavans (ed.) ''Border Culture''. ABC-CLIO, 2010.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films Mexican drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Víctor Urruchúa Films based on American novels Mexican black-and-white films Films scored by Manuel Esperón Films based on Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub