''The Lost Child'' (Spanish:''El niño perdido'') is a 1947 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

Humberto Gómez Landero Humberto Gómez Landero (1904–1968) was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.1473 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) Director *''The Dis ...

and starring

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, ...

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) * ...

and

Emilia Guiú Emilia Guiú Estivella (March 21, 1922 – February 7, 2004) was a Spanish-Mexican actress who appeared mainly in Mexican films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She made over 60 film appearances between ...

.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.113

Cast

as Agustín peón Torre y Rey; Tincito *

as Pioquinto Chumacero; Quintín Caballero *

Miguel Arenas Miguel Arenas (1902–1965) was a Spanish film actor.Kohner p.355 He emigrated to Mexico where he appeared in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * '' While Mexico Sleeps'' (1938) * '' A Macabre Legacy'' (1940) * '' The Count of Monte ...

as Don Jacobo Peón *

Luis G. Barreiro Luis G. Barreiro (1886–1947) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 Selected filmography * ''Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Heads or Tails (1937 film), Heads or Tails'' (1937) * ''These Men (film), These Men'' (1937) * ''Beautiful Mexico' ...

as Ataúlfo * Ramiro Gamboa as Voz de narrador (voice) *

Conchita Gentil Arcos Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; ...

as Pita Torre * Jesús Graña as Don Chucho, coreógrafo *

Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * '' Cantaclaro'' (1946) * '' Everybody's Woman' ...

as Pura Torre *

as Estrella / Petra * Lupe Inclán as Segunda, nana * Ramón G. Larrea as Dueño de cabaret * Raúl Lechuga as Empresario *

Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritaria ...

as Don Pepe * Humberto Rodríguez as Humberto, mesero * Aurora Ruiz as Severiana, sirvienta * María Valdealde as Espectadora teatro

References

Bibliography

* Carlos Monsiváis & John Kraniauskas. ''Mexican Postcards''. Verso, 1997.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Humberto Gómez Landero Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub