''The Price of Living'' (Spanish: ''El valor de vivir'') is a 1954 Mexican
drama film
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directed by
Tito Davison
Tito Davison (14 November 1912 – 21 March 1985) was a Chilean-born Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1982.
Selected filmography
* '' Thus Is Life'' (1930)
* ''Shadows of Glory'' (1930 ...
and starring
Arturo de Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.
Biography Career
Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1 ...
,
Rosita Quintana
Rosita Quintana (16 July 1925 – 23 August 2021) was an Argentine-Mexican actress, singer and songwriter. She was one of the top leading ladies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She starred in Luis Buñuel's '' Susana'' (1951) and musical fi ...
and
María Douglas
María Douglas (June 22, 1922 – December 17, 1973) was a Mexican stage and film actress.Taibo p.155
Selected filmography
* '' Cinco fueron escogidos'' (1943)
* ''The White Monk'' (1945)
* '' Angelitos negros'' (1948)
* ''La casa chica'' (1950)
...
. It was the first Mexican film to be shot in
3D.
[Baugh p.116]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Gunther Gerszo.
Cast
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Arturo de Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.
Biography Career
Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1 ...
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Rosita Quintana
Rosita Quintana (16 July 1925 – 23 August 2021) was an Argentine-Mexican actress, singer and songwriter. She was one of the top leading ladies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She starred in Luis Buñuel's '' Susana'' (1951) and musical fi ...
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María Douglas
María Douglas (June 22, 1922 – December 17, 1973) was a Mexican stage and film actress.Taibo p.155
Selected filmography
* '' Cinco fueron escogidos'' (1943)
* ''The White Monk'' (1945)
* '' Angelitos negros'' (1948)
* ''La casa chica'' (1950)
...
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Julio Villarreal
Julio Villarreal (7 December 1885 – 4 August 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico. He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Taibo p.155
Born as Julio Crochet i Martínez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theat ...
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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 ...
*
José Baviera
José Baviera (17 August 1906 – 13 August 1981) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films and television shows between 1924 and 1979. He starred in Luis Buñuel's 1962 film ''The Exterminating Angel''.
Selected filmogra ...
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José María Linares-Rivas
José María Linares-Rivas (17 March 1901 - 13 April 1955) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1933 to 1955.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1901 births
1955 deaths
Spanish male film ...
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Delia Magaña
Delia Magaña (February 2, 1903 – March 31, 1996) was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer.
Life
Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. ...
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Otilia Larrañaga
Otilia Larrañaga Villarreal (3 November 1931 – 6 October 2021) was a Mexican dancer and actress who participated in classic Mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and also on stage and television.
Biography
Larrañaga studied d ...
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Gilberto González
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Nicolás Rodríguez
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Eva Beltri
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Fernando Wagner
Fernando Wagner (November 7, 1905 in Göttingen, Germany – October 20, 1973 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a German-born Mexican actor and film director. He had prominent roles in '' La Perla'' and ''The Wild Bunch''. His interment was in Mexico ...
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Miguel Manzano
Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...
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José Silva
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Ricardo Silva
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Queta Lavat
(born February 23, 1929), known professionally as Queta Lavat, is a Mexican actress. She is the sister of actor Jorge Lavat and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo. She is best known for her roles in ''Las ...
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Agustín Fernández
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Antonio Bravo
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Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi
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*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
*Guillermo Ar ...
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José Pardavé
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Enrique García Álvarez
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Mercedes Pascual
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References
Bibliography
* Baugh, Scott L. ''Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends''. ABC-CLIO, 2012.
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1954 films
1954 drama films
Mexican drama films
1950s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Tito Davison
Columbia Pictures films
Mexican black-and-white films
1950s Mexican films
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