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Made for Each Other (1953 film)

1953 film by Rogelio A. González

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ25207436
Source-derived summary

Made for Each Other (Spanish: Tal para cual) is a 1953 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Jorge Negrete, María Elena Marqués and Luis Aguilar.

Main cast

Jorge Negrete as Melitón Galván; Paco

María Elena Marqués as Susana de la Rosa

Luis Aguilar as Chabelo Cruz

Rosa de Castilla as Rosaura

Queta Lavat as Paula

Ana María Villaseñor as Carmela

Georgina González as Luz

Lupe Carriles as Nana Joaquina

Armando Arriola as Don Rafael García, padre de Paula

Bertha Lehar as Maestra

Jesús Valero as Doctor

Rodolfo Calvo as Presidente municipal

Raquel Muñoz as Amiga polla de Paco

José Pidal as Señor cura

María Luisa Cortés as Amiga polla de Paco

Diana Ochoa as Madre de Luz y Carmela

References

Bibliography

Sergio de la Mora. Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film. University of Texas Press, 2009.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Made for Each Other (1953 film)” as 1953 film by Rogelio A. González. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1953, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-01-15. The account is most persuasive where Made, Each and Other can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1953 film by Rogelio A. González. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25207436. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953 and 2009.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from Made for Each Other (1953 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.