''The Fair of the Dove'' (Spanish:''La verbena de la Paloma'') is a 1963 Spanish

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (10 April 1911 – 4 November 1992) was a Spanish film director. He was born in Madrid. His film ''Ten Ready Rifles'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Patricio miró ...

and starring

Concha Velasco Concepción Velasco Varona OAXS MML (born 29 November 1939), known professionally as Concha Velasco, or Conchita Velasco in her beginnings, is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter. She has received numerous accolades throughou ...

, Vicente Parra and Miguel Ligero. It is a remake of the film '' Paloma Fair''.Mira p.237 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Enrique Alarcón Enrique Alarcón Sánchez-Manjavacas (1917–1995) was a Spanish art director.Faulkner p.106 He worked on over two hundred films. Selected filmography * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * ''The Phantom and Dona Juanita'' (1945) * '' ...

Cast

as Susana / Mari Loli * Vicente Parra as Julián * Miguel Ligero as Don Hilarión * Ángel Garasa as Tabernero *

Mercedes Vecino Mercedes Vecino Francés (4 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was a Spanish film actress. She was famous as the woman who gave "the first kiss" in Spanish cinema. Biography Vecino was born in Melilla, Spain, located next to Morocco in Nort ...

as Señá Rita *

Milagros Leal Milagros Leal (2 December 1902 – 2 March 1975) was a Spanish actress. Selected theatrical works * ''La estrella de Justina'' (1925) * ''Mariquilla Terremoto'' (1930). * ''Anacleto se divorcia'' (1932). * ''La propia estimación'' (1941) * ''L ...

as Tía Antonia *

Irán Eory Irán Eory ( fa, ایران اِئوری; 21 October 1939 – 10 March 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory) was an Iranian-born actress. She achieved fame in Mexico after moving to that country in the late 1960s. Biography She was born in Tehran, I ...

as Casta / Merche * Félix Fernández as Don Sebastián *

Silvia Solar Silvia Solar (20 March 19369 May 2011) was a French actress and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Solar was born Geneviève Couzain in Paris. Career Couzain won the ti ...

as Balbina *

Alfredo Landa Alfredo Landa Areta MML (3 March 19339 May 2013) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to wo ...

as Manolo *

Mary Begoña María Begoña Labraga Picado (1 April 1925 in Bilbao, Spain – 12 April 2020 in Madrid, Spain), better known by the stage name of Mary Begoña, was a Spanish vedette and actress. She started dancing at age 7 and performed in venues in Madrid ...

as Encarna *

Antonio Ferrandis Antonio Ferrandis Monrabal (28 February 1921 – 16 October 2000) was a Spanish actor, remembered especially for the role of ''Chanquete'' in the Spanish television series ''Verano azul''. Biography Born on 28 February 1921 in Paterna, provi ...

as Vendedor de 'la juerga padre' * Modesto Blanch as Paco - el cochero * Adrián Ortega as Guardia en mercado #1 *

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * ''The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Spectre of ...

as Don Lucio * Luis Morris as Moro en mercado * José Morales * Agustín González as Frutero * Tony Soler as Vendedora de lotería * Erasmo Pascual as Vendedor de claras de limón * Xan das Bolas as Francisco, el sereno * Ricardo Ojeda * Alberto Portillo *

Antonio Moreno Antonio Garrido Monteagudo (September 26, 1887 – February 15, 1967), better known as Antonio Moreno or Tony Moreno, was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s. Early life and silent fil ...

* Joaquín Pamplona * Rafael Hernández as Hombre partida * Pedro Oliver * Enrique Navarro * Roberto Cruz * Valentín Tornos as Vecino anciano * Antonio Zaragoza * Enrique Núñez * Manuel Rojas * Pilar Gómez Ferrer as Señora en báscula * José María Tasso as Chulo * Joaquín Portillo 'Top' * José Blanch as Amigo de Don Hilarión * Goyo Lebrero as Guardia en verbena #1 * Daniel Dicenta * María Elena Maroto * Luis Varela * José María Prada * Jorge Cuadros * Narciso Ojeda * Simón Ramírez as Narrator *

Elena María Tejeiro Elena María Tejeiro is a Spanish film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...

References

Bibliography

* Mira, Alberto. ''Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1963 films 1963 musical comedy films Spanish musical comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia Films produced by Cesáreo González Films produced by Benito Perojo 1960s Spanish films {{musical-comedy-film-stub