The Girl's Houseboy

El mucamo de la niña
Film poster
Directed by	Enrique Carreras, Juan Sires
Written by	Nato Lamarque, adapted from his play of the same name
Produced by	Nicolás Carreras
Starring	Lolita Torres, Alfredo Barbieri, Tito Climent and Gogó Andreu
Cinematography	Roque Funes
Edited by	José Cardella
Music by	Ramón Zarzoso
Distributed by	Productora General Belgrano
Release date	October 24, 1951 (1951-10-24)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

The Girl's Houseboy (El mucamo de la niña) is a 1951 Argentine musical comedy film, directed by Enrique Carreras on his directorial debut ^[1][2] with Juan Sires. It is based on a play by Nato Lamarque, which he adapted for the screen. It stars Lolita Torres, Alfredo Barbieri, Tito Climent and Gogó Andreu and was released on 24 October 1951 in Buenos Aires.^[3]

Plot

A young man goes to work as a servant in a millionaire's house to look after his daughter.

Cast

• Lolita Torres as Lucy Saravia
• Alfredo Barbieri as Miguelito
• Tito Climent as Tito
• Gogó Andreu as Gogó
• Alejandro Maximino as don Roque Saravia
• Domingo Márquez as Eduardo
• Marcos Zucker as Alberto
• Max Citelli as Rómulo
• Virginia de la Cruz as Alicia
• Gloria Castilla as Elsa
• Jorge Larrea as poker player
• Milita Brandon
• Rómulo Real
• Fina Suárez

Reception

King in El Mundo said the film was: "Direct in its comedy and fast in its action." Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) write (translated from Spanish): "Enrique Carreras combined the songs of the juvenile Lolita and the humor of Barbieri to achieve a hit".^[4]

References

1. "Enrique Carreras" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
2. Carreras, Enrique (1996). Enrique Carreras. Producciones Iturbe. p. 175.
3. "El mucamo de la niña" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
4. Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor. p. 741. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.

External links

• El Mucamo de la niña at IMDb