The League of Songs

The League of Songs
Directed by	Chano Urueta
Written by	Ernesto Cortázar Jorge Reyes Domingo Soler Chano Urueta
Produced by	Emilio Azcarraga Mauricio de la Serna Alfonso Sánchez Tello
Starring	Ramón Armengod Mapy Cortés Domingo Soler
Cinematography	Agustín Martínez Solares
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	America Films
Release date	13 September 1941 (1941-09-13)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The League of Songs (Spanish: La liga de las canciones) is a 1941 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Ramón Armengod, Mapy Cortés and Domingo Soler.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. It was part of the tradition of Ranchera films, popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Cast

• Ramón Armengod as Ramón Rios
• Mapy Cortés as Mapy
• Domingo Soler as Don Asdrubal Santacana
• Fernando Cortés as René Mares
• Jorge Reyes as Alberto Arroyo
• Clifford Carr as Mr. Johnson
• Fanny Schiller as Doña Gertrudis
• María Elena Galindo as Margarita
• Paco Miller as Ventrílocuo
• Marina Herrera as Marilú
• La Panchita as Cantante
• Abel Salazar as Presidente conferencia
• Eduardo Noriega as Asistente de Johnson
• Roberto Cañedo as Huesped hotel
• Blanca Estela Pavón as Bailarina

References

1. Avila p.189
2. Riera p.11

Bibliography

• Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1941. Ediciones Era, 1969.

External links

• The League of Songs at IMDb