Paloma Fair

Paloma Fair
Directed by Benito Perojo
Written by Ricardo de la Vega
Pedro de Repide
Benito Perojo
Starring Miguel Ligero
Roberto Rey
Raquel Rodrigo
Sélica Pérez Carpio
Music by Tomás Bretón (original music)
Cinematography Fred Mandl
Edited by Henri Taverna
Production
company
Distributed by CIFESA
Release date
 23 December 1935
Running time
 78 minutes
Country Spain
Language Spanish

Paloma Fair (Spanish:La verbena de la Paloma) is a 1935 Spanish musical film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Miguel Ligero, Roberto Rey and Raquel Rodrigo.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1894 Zarzuela La verbena de la Paloma and it is part of the tradition of Operetta films which was at its height during the 1930s. The film was made by Spain's largest studio of the era CIFESA, and was one of the most popular films made during the Second Spanish Republic.

Cast

  • Miguel Ligero as Don Hilarión
  • Roberto Rey as Julián
  • Raquel Rodrigo as Susana
  • Sélica Pérez Carpio as Señá Rita
  • Dolores Cortés as Tía Antonia
  • Charito Leonís as Casta
  • Rafael Calvo as El tabernero
  • Enrique Salvador as Don Sebastián
  • Carmen Guerra as La bailadora
  • Isabel de Miguel as Cantadora
  • Guillermo Linhoff as El novio
  • Luis Llaneza as El inspector
  • Alicia Palacios as La novia

References

  1. ↑ D'Lugo p.106

Bibliography

  • D'Lugo, Marvin. Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Greenwood Publishing, 1997.
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