''The Sin of Being a Woman'' (Spanish: ''El pecado de ser mujer'') is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza (1905-1982) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
* ''Jesusita en Chihuahua (film)'' (1942)
* ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945)
* ''We Maids'' (1951)
* ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951)
* ''The Mystery ...
and starring
Tito Guízar
Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (; April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999), known professionally as Tito Guízar, was a Mexican singer and actor. Along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, as well as José Mojica, Guízar was ...
and
Alma Rosa Aguirre
Alma Rosa Aguirre Juárez (born 19 February 1929) is a Mexican actress.
Selected filmography
*'' El Sexo Fuerte'' (1946)
*'' El Pasajero Diez Mil'' (1946)
*'' Los viejos somos así'' (1948)
*'' Una Gallega en México'' (1949)
*'' Nosotras las Ta ...
.
[Alcerreca, p. 158] The film's sets were designed by
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Javier Torres Torija.
Plot
Javier Morales (Tito Guízar) is a singer-songwriter who seduces a young woman, María Luisa (Alma Rosa Aguirre), who he gets pregnant and then abandons. Twenty years later, Javier falls into poverty. After he's mistakenly declared dead, he ends up going to his own funeral, without knowing that he is going to face his own past.
Cast
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Tito Guízar
Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (; April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999), known professionally as Tito Guízar, was a Mexican singer and actor. Along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, as well as José Mojica, Guízar was ...
as Javier Morales
*
Alma Rosa Aguirre
Alma Rosa Aguirre Juárez (born 19 February 1929) is a Mexican actress.
Selected filmography
*'' El Sexo Fuerte'' (1946)
*'' El Pasajero Diez Mil'' (1946)
*'' Los viejos somos así'' (1948)
*'' Una Gallega en México'' (1949)
*'' Nosotras las Ta ...
as María Luisa Aguirre
*
Ricardo Román as Javier Aguirre
*
Armando Velasco
Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), and ...
as Señor Romero
*
Emilio Brillas Emilio may refer to:
* Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio"
* Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
* Emilio (given name)
* ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen
See also
* Emílio (dis ...
as Fernando
*
Roberto G. Rivera
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as Radio show announcer
*
Carlos Bravo y Fernández
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as Costume party guest
*
Ángel Merino as Carlos Patiño
*
Estela Matute as Felisa Dieguez, reporter
*
Tito Guízar hijo as Javier Aguirre (child)
*
Daniel Arroyo
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as Man in airport (uncredited)
*
León Barroso
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as Theater employee (uncredited)
*
Victorio Blanco
Victorio Blanco (1893–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Riera p.220 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career, appearing in around three hundred films.
Selected filmography
* ''Judas'' (1936)
* '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940)
* ''Simón Bolívar'' ( ...
as Costume party guest (uncredited)
*
Guillermo Bravo Sosa
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*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
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as Beggar run over (uncredited)
*
Javier de la Parra Javier may refer to:
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as Reporter (uncredited)
*
Enedina Díaz de León
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as Landlady (uncredited)
*
Leonor Gómez
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*Leonor Briones (born 1940), Filipino academic and civil servant
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as Puestera (uncredited)
*
Ana María Hernández as Theater viewer (uncredited)
*
Salvador Lozano
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as Dr. Enrique Ruiz (uncredited)
*
Chel López Chel may refer to:
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as Taxi driver (uncredited)
*
Rubén Márquez as Costume party guest (uncredited)
*
Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo
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as Reporter (uncredited)
*
Alberto Pedret as Costume party announcer (uncredited)
*
Carlos Robles Gil
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;Canada
* Carlos, Alberta, a locality
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* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
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* Carlos, West Virginia
;Elsewhere ...
as Theater viewer (uncredited)
*
Joaquín Roche
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Given name
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1982), ...
as Theater viewer (uncredited)
*
Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Man at funeral (uncredited)
*
Christa von Humboldt
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* Christa (given name), a female given name
* Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author
* '' Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa''
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See also
* Christ (disambiguation) ...
as Javier's mistress (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
*Amador, María Luisa. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950–1959''. UNAM, 1985.
*García Riera, Emilio. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1952''. Ediciones Era, 1969.
*Alcerreca, Rafael. ''Un regard sur les studios churubusco''. Estudios Churubusco Azteca, 2002.
External links
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