I Danced with Don Porfirio

I Danced with Don Porfirio
Directed byGilberto Martínez Solares
Written byGilberto Martínez Solares
Eduardo Ugarte
Enrique Uthoff
Produced byJesús Grovas
Mauricio de la Serna
StarringMapy Cortés
Joaquín Pardavé
Emilio Tuero
CinematographyRaúl Martínez Solares
Edited byJorge Bustos
Gloria Schoemann
Music byManuel Esperón
Production
company
Producciónes Grovas
Distributed byClasa Films Mundiales
Release date
  • 29 October 1942 (1942-10-29)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

I Danced with Don Porfirio (Spanish: Yo bailé con don Porfirio) is a 1942 Mexican period musical comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Mapy Cortés, Joaquín Pardavé and Emilio Tuero.[1] [2] It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.

Synopsis

During the Presidency of Porfirio Díaz, provincial twin sisters Rosa and Violeta are constantly mistaken for each other. After moving to the city one of them appears on stage in revue theatre, but their identical appearance causes mass confusion.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Avila p.09
  2. ^ Riera p.88

Bibliography

  • Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1941. Ediciones Era, 1969.
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