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The Girl's Aunt

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The Girl's Aunt
Directed byJuan Bustillo Oro
Written byJuan Bustillo Oro
Humberto Gómez Landero
Produced byJesús Grovas
StarringEnrique Herrera
Joaquín Pardavé
Gloria Marín
CinematographyAgustín Jiménez
Edited byJuan Bustillo Oro
Mario González
Music byManuel Castro Padilla
Production
companies
Distributed byCinexport Distributing
Release date
  • 16 September 1938 (1938-09-16)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Girl's Aunt (Spanish: La tía de las muchachas) is a 1938 Mexican comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Enrique Herrera, Joaquín Pardavé and Gloria Marín.[1] [2] It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. It has a cross-dressing theme similar to Charley's Aunt.

Synopsis

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After hearing that her aunt plans to marry off the woman he loves to another man, her boyfriend decides to disguise himself as the aunt to throw push him out of the scene.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Avila p.80
  2. ^ Richard p.556

Bibliography

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  • Amador, María Luisa. Cartelera cinematográfica, 1930-1939. Filmoteca, UNAM, 1980.
  • Avila, Jacqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • Richard, Alfred. Censorship and Hollywood's Hispanic image: an interpretive filmography, 1936-1955. Greenwood Press, 1993.
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