Fantasmas asustados explained

Fantasmas asustados
Producer:Eduardo Bedoya
Starring:Rafael Carret, Jorge Luz
Distributor:Artistas Argentinos Asociados
Runtime:63 minutes
Country:Argentina
Language:Spanish

Fantasmas asustados is a 1951 Argentine comedy film directed by Carlos Rinaldi, featuring the Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor (Five Greats of Good Humor) group of comic actors.[1] It stars Rafael Carret, Jorge Luz, Zelmar Gueñol, Guillermo Rico and Juan Carlos Cambón.[2] It is noted for its early use (for Argentina) of female impersonation as a comic device.[3] The film portrays Mexicans as comic characters. Jorge Negrete in particular is satirised.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: García Riera, Emilio . México visto por el cine extranjero, Volume 3 . Universidad de Guadalajara . 1987 . Spanish . 147 . 9789684113152.
  2. Web site: Fantasmas asustados. Cinenacional.com. 16 November 2018. Spanish.
  3. Currie K. Thompson, Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision, Cambria Press, 2014 .