You Had to Be a Gypsy

You Had To Be a Gypsy (Spanish: Gitana tenías que ser) is a 1953 Mexican-Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Rafael Baledón and starring Pedro Infante, Carmen Sevilla and Estrellita Castro.

Plot

Pastora de los Reyes (Carmen Sevilla) is a beautiful Spanish woman who arrives in Mexico hired to film a movie. The main protagonists will receive her at the airport, among them is the man who will play the heartthrob, Pablo, (Pedro Infante), a little-known mariachi who has been chosen to turn him into a new idol. Automatically, both of them don't like each other and during the filming there are discussions, discussions that lead to a deep love.

Cast

• Pedro Infante as Pablo Mendoza
• Carmen Sevilla as Pastora de los Reyes
• Estrellita Castro as Tía Paca
• Ángel Garasa as Tío
• Pedro de Aguillón as Chalío
• José Jasso as Tito del Valle
• Florencio Castelló as Primo Tumbita
• Carlos Múzquiz as Productor
• Chula Prieto as Marta Avilés
• Armando Calvo
• Eulalio González «Piporro» as Mariachi
• Elvira Lodi as Maquillista
• José Pardavé as Vendedor
• José Pidal as Ingeniero sonido
• Roberto G. Rivera as Mariachi
• Ernesto Velázquez
• Hernán Vera as Dueño de la tasca

References

Bibliography

• Heredia, Juanita. Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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