Jalisco Sings in Seville

Jalisco Sings in Seville
Directed by	Fernando de Fuentes
Written by	Paulino Masip Adolfo Torrado Fernando de Fuentes
Produced by	Fernando de Fuentes Miguel Mezquíriz
Starring	Jorge Negrete Carmen Sevilla Jesús Tordesillas
Cinematography	Víctor Herrera
Edited by	Juan Serra
Music by	Manuel L. Quiroga
Production companies	Chamartín Producciones y Distribuciones Producciones Diana
Distributed by	Azteca Films
Release date	31 January 1949 (1949-01-31)
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	Mexico Spain
Language	Spanish

Jalisco Sings in Seville (Spanish: Jalisco canta en Sevilla) is a 1949 Mexican-Spanish musical comedy film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Jorge Negrete, Carmen Sevilla and Jesús Tordesillas.[1] [2] This film represents the first Mexican-Spanish cinematic co-production. The story and musical numbers emphasize the cultural affinities between Mexico and Spain while warmly celebrating their differences. It was shot at the Chamartín Studios in Madrid and on location in Seville. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sigfrido Burmann.

Plot

The story concerns a handsome charro from Jalisco, and his fat sidekick. The charro receives news that he has inherited a fortune from a distant relative in Spain, and so he must travel to Seville to collect it. A legal technicality impedes the speedy disbursement of his inheritance, so our the two heroes take jobs on a local ranch as farmhands. It turns out that the owner of the ranch was formerly a bullfighter, and has fond memories of Mexico. For this reason he befriends the charro. The charro goes on to win the heart of the ranch owner's daughter, and manages to recover his inheritance with his father-in-law's help.

Cast

• Jorge Negrete as Nacho Mendoza
• Carmen Sevilla as Araceli Vargas
• Armando Soto La Marina as Nopal
• Jesús Tordesillas as Don Manuel Vargas
• Manuel Arbó as José Guseiro
• Antonio Almorós as Salvador Hinojares
• Leonor María
• Ena Sedeño
• Ángel de Andrés
• Arturo Marín
• Gabriel Algara
• Custodia España
• Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro
• Francisco Bernal
• Casimiro Hurtado
• Rufino Inglés
• Trío Calaveras

References

1. Schroeder p.316
2. Labanyi & Pavlović p.42

Bibliography

• Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Schroeder, Paul A. Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History. University of California Press, 2016.

External links

• Jalisco Sings in Seville at IMDb