José Benavides hijo (1911–1945) was a Mexican
screenwriter
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and
film director
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.
[Paranaguá p.299] He directed fourteen feature films during the
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
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before his career was cut short by his early death.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Adventurous Captain'' (1939)
* ''
Three Peasants on a Donkey'' (1939)
* ''
Poor Devil'' (1940)
* ''
El Zorro de Jalisco
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'' (1941)
* ''
Alejandra
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'' (1942)
* ''
Land of Passions'' (1943)
* ''
A Woman's Diary
''A Woman's Diary'' (Spanish: ''Diario de una mujer'') is a 1944 Mexican drama film directed by José Benavides (director), José Benavides and starring Sofía Álvarez (actress, born 1913), Sofía Álvarez, Luis Aldás and Rafael Baledón. Tuñó ...
'' (1944)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1944)
* ''
Caribbean Rose
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'' (1946)
* ''
The Operetta Queen
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'' (1946)
References
Bibliography
* Irwin, Robert & Ricalde, Maricruz. ''Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age''. British Film Institute, 2013.
* Paulo Antonio Paranaguá. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995.
* Sadlier, Darlene Joy (ed.) ''Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment''. University of Illinois Press, 2009.
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1911 births
1945 deaths
Mexican screenwriters
Mexican film directors
Mass media people from Mexico City
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