Fantasmas asustados is a 1951 Argentine comedy film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Carlos Rinaldi and featuring the Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor (Five Greats of Good Humor) group of comic actors.[1] It stars Rafael Carret, Jorge Luz, Zelmar Gueñol, Guillermo Rico and Juan Carlos Cambón.[2] It is noted for its early use (for Argentina) of female impersonation as a comic device.[3] The film portrays Mexicans as comic characters. Jorge Negrete in particular is satirised.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b García Riera, Emilio (1987). México visto por el cine extranjero, Volume 3 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 147. ISBN 9789684113152.
  2. ^ "Fantasmas asustados" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ Currie K. Thompson, Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision, Cambria Press, 2014 ISBN 1604978791.


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