''Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl'' (in Spanish ''Tania, la bella salvaje'') is a Mexican

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directed by

Juan Orol Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as ''The King of ...

. It was released in 1948 and starring

Rosa Carmina Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish filmmaker Juan Orol, and made her debut in Mexican cinema in Orol's film ''A Woman from the East'' in 1946. S ...

and Manuel Arvide.

Plot

Rolando (Manuel Arvide), a millionaire, meets in a

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a young girl named Tania (

) an exuberant native which he falls in love. The man decides to take the girl with him to Mexico, where she becomes in a famous cabaret star. But Tania ends betraying and leaves him for another man. Rolando then decides to launch the careers of Fedora (Juanita Riverón), who ends up achieving success. Luck charged Tania her ingratitude, and she ends up falling into ruin.

Cast

as ''Tania'' * Manuel Arvide as ''Rolando'' * Juanita Riverón as ''Fedora'' * Kiko Mendive as ''Monito'' *

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as ''Tania's friend''

Reviews

This was the second film directed by Juan Orol with his second film muse: the exuberant Cuban rumbera Rosa Carmina. The film was filmed shortly after her film debut in the film ''A Woman from the East''. Rosa Carmina says: "Begins to like my presence, my films are very successful. I start doing tours throughout Mexico. My dance number was the song wrote by Armando Valdez for the film: "Bururu Manengue" and it was based on pure drums."

References

External links

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''Logbook of the National Auditorium of Mexico: Tribute to Juan Orol''
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