Oh, What Times, Don Simon!

Oh, What Times, Don Simon!
Directed by	Julio Bracho
Written by	Neftali Beltrán Julio Bracho
Produced by	Armando Espinosa Agustín J. Fink
Starring	Joaquín Pardavé Arturo de Córdova Mapy Cortés
Cinematography	Gabriel Figueroa
Edited by	Emilio Gómez Muriel
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production company	Films Mundiales
Distributed by	Films Mundiales
Release date	19 September 1941 (1941-09-19)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Oh, What Times, Don Simon! (Spanish: ¡Ay, qué tiempos señor don Simón!) is a 1941 Mexican period musical comedy film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Joaquín Pardavé, Arturo de Córdova and Mapy Cortés.[1] [2] It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández.

Cast

• Joaquín Pardavé as Don Simón
• Arturo de Córdova as Miguel
• Mapy Cortés as Inés
• Anita Blanch as Beatriz de Alpuche
• Miguel Montemayor as Ramoncito
• Dolores Camarillo as Adelaida Méndez
• Agustín Isunza as Licenciado Alpuche
• Luis G. Barreiro as Oropeza, el poeta
• Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Caritina Méndez
• José Ortiz de Zárate as Don Roque
• Diana Bordes as Josefina
• Carlos Martínez Baena as Cura Camacho
• María Luisa Carvajal as Tiple de ópera
• Paco Zarate as Tenor
• Chelo Villarreal as Coco Anchondo
• Víctor Velázquez as Amigo de Miguel
• Edmundo Espino as Comandante Rocha
• Armando Velasco as Sebastián, mayordomo
• David Valle González as Nicolas, cochero
• Humberto Rodríguez as Amigo de don Simón

References

1. Avila p.90
2. Riera p.177

Bibliography

• Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Riera, Emilio García. Julio Bracho, 1909-1978. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1986.

External links

• Oh, What Times, Don Simon! at IMDb