''The Circus'' (Spanish: ''El circo'') is a 1943 Mexican
comedy film directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...
and starring
Cantinflas and
Gloria Lynch.
[Zolov p.94]
Cast
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Cantinflas as El Zapatero
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Gloria Lynch as Rosalinda
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Estanislao Shilinsky as Maestro de ceremonias
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Eduardo Arozamena
Eduardo Arozamena Lira (13 October 1875 – 21 May 1951) was a Mexican actor. His nickname was "El Nanche Arozamena".
Son of Juan Arozamena and Guadalupe Lira y Argomanes. Initially a singer (baritone), theater actor, he later ventured into fil ...
as Coronel
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Ángel T. Sala as Don Elías
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Rafael Burglete
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Tito Novaro as Ricardo
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Leonid Kinskey as Cliente ruso zapatero
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Julio Ahuet
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Arcady Boytler
Arcady Sergeevich Boytler Rososky (August 31, 1895 – November 24, 1965) was a producer, screenwriter, and director most renowned for his films during the golden age of Mexican cinema.
Boytler was born in Moscow, Russia. During the 1920s, he ...
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Manuel Dondé
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Pedro Elviro
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Edmundo Espino
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Juan García
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Ana María Hernández as Espectadora circo
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Alfonso Jiménez
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Guillermo Meneses
Guillermo Meneses ( Caracas, 15 December 1911 - Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, 29 December 1978) was a Venezuelan writer, playwright, and journalist. He was the author of ''La Balandra 'Isabel' llegó esta tarde'' and ''Campeones'', among other works. ...
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Roberto Y. Palacios as Cliente zapatero
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Ignacio Peón
Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...
as Espectador circo
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Charles Rooner
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
as Mr. Arnold
References
Bibliography
* Eric Zolov. ''Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo''. ABC-CLIO, 2015.
External links
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1943 films
1943 comedy films
Mexican comedy films
1940s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Mexican black-and-white films
Circus films
1940s Mexican films
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