''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (Spanish: ''El abanico de Lady Windermere'') is a 1944 Mexican

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directed by

Juan José Ortega Juan José Ortega (October 27, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and directed over 40 films between 1942 and 1966. Filmography Director * Fl ...

and starring

Susana Guízar Susana Guízar (1922–1997) was a Mexican film actress.Arredondo p.90 Selected filmography * ''The Queen of the River'' (1939) * ''Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941) * ''Jesusita en Chihuahua (film), Jesusita in Chihuahua'' (1942) * ''Alejandra (19 ...

, Anita Blanch and

René Cardona René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It is based on the 1892 play ''

Lady Windermere's Fan ''Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman'' is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is ...

'' by

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.Cahir p.157

Plot

Lady Windermere discovers that her husband may have a mistress. When confronted, he dismisses the accusations and invites his supposed lover, Mrs. Erlyne, to Windermere's birthday dance. Lady Windermere, upset by her husband's suspected infidelity, runs away with Lord Darlington after he professes his love for her.

Cast

as Lady Margarita Windermere * Anita Blanch as Mrs. Erlynne / Condesa Margarita *

as Lord Arturo Windermere *Augusto Novaro as Lord Darlington * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Don Jorge Douglas * Fanny Schiller as Duquesa *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which w ...

as Parker * Emilia Guiú as Elena *Alfonso Ruiz Gómez as Cecilio *Mercedes Ferriz as Isabel *Diana Bordes as Agata *Ángel Di Stefani as Mr. Dumby *Emma Fink as Hermana Saville *Aurora Zermeño as Lady Laura Stutfield *Raúl Lechuga as Gerardo *Héctor López Portillo as Roberto *Dolores Tinoco as Nana Saville * Enrique García Álvarez as Mr. Hopper *

Roberto Cañedo Roberto Cañedo Ramírez (30 March 1919 – 16 June 1999), better known as Roberto Cañedo, was a Mexican actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he appeared in over 300 films. Cañedo received two Ariel Award for Best Ac ...

as Amante de Mrs. Erlynne * Roberto Corell as Francois

References

Bibliography

* Cahir, Linda Costanzo. ''Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches''. McFarland, 2006. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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