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Gran Hotel (film)

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Gran Hotel
Directed byMiguel M. Delgado
Written byMiguel M. Delgado
Story byJaime Salvador
StarringCantinflas
Jacqueline Dalya
CinematographyAlex Phillips
Edited byJorge Bustos
Music byManuel Esperón
Production
company
Posa Films
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 18 August 1944 (1944-08-18)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Gran Hotel (English: Grand Hotel) is a 1944 Mexican film directed and written by Miguel M. Delgado, starring Cantinflas.[1][2]

Plot

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Cantinflas is a tramp who is evicted for not paying the rent. After wandering, he gets a job at the "Gran Hotel" through a friend, where he is confused with the Duke of Alfanje, who is incognito in the hotel, and the theft of a jewel further complicates the situation.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Stavans, p. 86.
  2. ^ Balderston, González & López, p. 274.

Bibliography

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  • Stavans, Ilan. The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Revised and Expanded Edition. UNM Press, 2012.
  • Balderston, Daniel; González, Mike; López, Ana M. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
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