''Summer Hotel'' (Spanish: ''Hotel de verano'') is a 1944 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

René Cardona René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on Oct ...

.Herrera-Sobek, p. 1080 The film's sets were designed by

Manuel Fontanals Manuel Fontanals (1893–1972) was a Catalonian Spanish-born art director who settled and worked in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early years The son of the cabinetmaker Tomàs Fontanals i Sivilla and his mother Rosa Mateu, Man ...

Cast

* Carlos Amador *

Blanquita Amaro Blanquita Amaro (June 30, 1923 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba – March 15, 2007 in Miami, United States) was a Cuban film actress of the 1940s and early 1950s who starred in the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She appeared in some 17 fi ...

* Ramón Armengod * Eva Briseño *

Marcelo Chávez Marcelo Chávez (13 March 1911 – 14 February 1970) was a Mexican film actor. He frequently co-starred with comedian Germán Valdés, known as Tin Tan.Baugh p.268 Selected filmography * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

* Pedro Elviro * Camilo Farjat *

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna Consuelo Guerrero de Luna (1905–1972) was a Spanish film actress who settled in Mexico. She appeared in more than fifty films including the 1945 historical film ''The White Monk''.Taibo p.155 Selected filmography * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (19 ...

* Enrique Herrera * Rafael Icardo *

Janice Logan Janice Logan (May 30, 1915 – October 23, 1965) was an American film actress. Early years Logan was a native of Chicago. Her father was Stuart Logan, "one of Chicago's leading investment brokers." Film Logan's film debut came in ''Dr. Cycl ...

* Pepe Nava * José Pulido *

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) * ...

* Jorge Reyes * Alma Riva *

Germán Valdés Germán Genaro Cipriano Gómez Valdés y Castillo (19 September 1915 – 29 June 1973), known professionally as Tin-Tan, was a Mexican actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, ...

Pedro Vargas Pedro Vargas Mata (San Miguel de Allende, 29 April 1906 – Mexico City, 30 October 1989) was a Mexican tenor and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema, participating in more than 70 films. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Ameri ...

Carlos Villarías Carlos Villarías (7 July 1892 – 27 April 1976) was a Spanish actor who was born in Córdoba, Spain, and died in California, United States. His most famous role is in the title role of the Spanish-language version of ''Dracula'' (1931), wi ...

References

Bibliography

* Maria Herrera-Sobek. ''Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions''. ABC-CLIO, 2012.

External links

* 1944 films 1944 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by René Cardona Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub