What Idiots Men Are
1951 film by Juan Orol
What Idiots Men Are (Spanish: Que idiotas son los hombres) is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Juan Orol and starring Rosa Carmina, Víctor Junco and Aurora Segura. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada.
Synopsis
After divorcing her unfaithful husband, the beautiful Olga Villalba arrives in the resort town of Acapulco. The newly-single Olga soon attracts male attention but has to choose between marrying for money or a poorer man she can love.
Cast
Rosa Carmina as Olga Villalba
Víctor Junco as Luis
Aurora Segura as Gloria Loaiza
José Pulido as Rafael
Jorge Mondragón as Antonio Melgar
Juan Pulido as Don Rogelio del Río
Roberto Corell as Don Juan del Campo
Tana Lynn as Alicia del Río
Juanita Riverón as Aurora Melgar
Carmen Manzano as Zoila del Campo
Medalia as Cantante
Marco de Carlo as Carlos
Ignacio Peón as Juez
Javier Puente as Sr. Calvillo
Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Julio
References
Bibliography
Agrasánchez, Rogelio. Cine Mexicano: Posters from the Golden Age, 1936-1956. Chronicle Books, 2001.
Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. Le Cinéma cubain.
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