The Favorite (1935 film)

The Favorite
Directed by	Manuel Romero
Written by	Manuel Romero Luis Bayón Herrera
Starring	Pedro Quartucci
Cinematography	Francisco Múgica
Edited by	Francisco Múgica
Music by	Alberto Soifer
Distributed by	Lumiton
Release date	August 15, 1935 (1935-08-15)
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

The Favorite (Spanish:El caballo del pueblo) is a 1935 Argentine musical film comedy directed and written by Manuel Romero with Luis Bayón Herrera.^[1] It is a tango film and premiered on August 15, 1935.

The cinematography and editing was performed by Francisco Múgica.

Main cast

• Olinda Bozán as Ruperta
• Irma Córdoba as Esther Peña^[1]
• Enrique Serrano as Bebe Viñas^[1]
• Pedro Quartucci as Flaco
• Juan Carlos Thorry as Roberto Campos
• Juan Mangiante as Peña^[1]
• Juan Porta as Trainer
• Eduardo Lema as Lemos, the jockey
• Vicente Forastieri as Contreras
• N. Fornaresio as Peon
• Lalo Malcolm as a Thug (billed as L. Malcom)
• Nicolás Werenchuk as José Guzmán (billed as N. Werenchuk)
• Mary Parets as Trainer's daughter
• Ángel Magaña as Young Man #1 in party (uncredited)
• Pedro Maratea as Young Man #2 in party (uncredited)
• Margarita Padín as Young Woman in show (uncredited)

References

1. Thompson, Currie K. (2014-05-28). Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-879-7. A third, El caballo del pueblo (The people's horse; Manuel Romero, 1935) depicts a father, Gerardo Peña (Juan Mangiante), who forces his daughter Esther (Irma Córdoba) to become engaged to his dishonest associate (Enrique Serrano).

External links

• The Favorite at IMDb