Alla En El Rancho Grande (1936)

Synopsis of Alla En El Rancho Grande

Having begun his directorial career in 1932, Fernando De Fuentes had four years' experience -- and ten pictures -- under his belt when he helmed the Tito Guizar musical vehicle Alla en el Rancho Grande. The film has been hailed by historians as the vanguard of the Mexican "Charro"-movie genre, which concentrated upon singing cowboys, golden-hearted bandits and fair senoritas. Popular radio singer Guizar is cast as itinerant ranchhand Jose Francisco, who falls in love in spite of himself with duckling-turned-swan Cruz (Esther Fernandez). It's essentially a Cinderella story, with a bit of Mexican "action dancing" and even cockfighting thrown in. On the strength of the enormously successful Alla en el Rancho Grande, Tito Guizar went on to even bigger stardom, and was still at the top of his profession as late as the 1980s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

100 mins

Director(s):

Fernando de Fuentes Sr.

Writer(s):

Fernando de Fuentes Sr., Luz Guzman de Arellano, Guz Aguila

Producer(s):

Alfonso Rivas Bustamante, Fernando de Fuentes Sr.

Categories:

Comedy

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