Corner Stop
1948 film by Alejandro Galindo
Corner Stop (Spanish:Esquina, bajan...!) is a 1948 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring David Silva, Fernando Soto "Mantequilla" and Olga Jiménez. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. It is set in urban Mexico, which was growing rapidly in that era. The title refers to a bus route.
Partial cast
David Silva as Gregorio del Prado
Fernando Soto "Mantequilla" as Constantino Reyes Almanza "Regalito"
Olga Jiménez as Cholita
Delia Magaña as La Bicha, mesera
Salvador Quiroz as Don Octaviano Lara y Puente
Miguel Manzano as Axcaná González
Francisco Pando as Fidel Yáñez
Eugenia Galindo as Doña Chabela
Jorge Arriaga as Robles, esbirro de Langarica
Ángel Infante as Menchaca 'Rayito de Sol'
Mario Castillo
Pin Crespo as Isabel
Pedro León as Don Roque
Carmen Novelty as Pasajera rubia falsa
Joaquín Roche as Policía
Ernesto Finance as Despachador
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Rabanito
Víctor Parra as Manuel Largo Langarica
References
Bibliography
Segre, Erica. Intersected Identities: Strategies of Visualisation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Mexican Culture. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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