The Phantom of the Operetta (1960 film)

The Phantom of the Operetta (Spanish: El Fantasma de la opereta) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film written by Juan Garcia and Gilberto Martínez Solares, directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan», Ana Luisa Peluffo and Fannie Kauffman «Vitola». The plot is a comedic version inspired by The Phantom of the Opera.

Story

A man and his girlfriend take over a run-down theatre, planning to stage musical shows there. However the place soon turns out to be haunted.

Cast

• Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan» as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
• Ana Luisa Peluffo as Lucy
• Luis Aldás as Señor Marcucci
• Marcelo Chávez as Señor Lopez
• Fannie Kauffman «Vitola» as Gertrudis "La Flaca"
• Antonio Brillas as Juan
• Julián de Meriche as Vladimir
• Armando Sáenz as De Ramos, theater critic
• Eduardo Alcaraz as Don Quique
• Francisco Reiguera as Jeremias
• José Pardavé as Police officer
• Manuel «El Loco» Valdés
• Jorge Zamora
• Ramón Valdés as Police officer
• Guillermo Hernández as Police officer
• Manuel Alcón

Sound: Luis Fernandez, Enrique Rodriguez and Armando Bolaños

References

Bibliography

• Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

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