Mis dos amores


1h 15m 1938

Film Details

Also Known As
Mi primer amor, My Two Loves
Release Date
Jan 1938
Premiere Information
New York preview: 11 Aug 1938; San Juan, Puerto Rico opening: 4 Oct 1938; Los Angeles opening: 9 May 1939
Production Company
Cobian Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m
Film Length
8 reels

Synopsis

Rita Santiago's father, Don Antonio, stubbornly refuses to give permission for her to marry Julio Bertolin, a struggling medical student, because he wants his daughter to marry a rich Brazilian. Because of this, Julio leaves medical school and determines to gain wealth and position for himself by becoming a singer. He soon moves to Los Angeles and becomes a popular singer in a Latin American cabaret owned by "El Chato." A dancer at the cabaret, Ana Celia Ramos, falls in love with Julio, and angers El Chato, who is in love with her and extremely jealous. When he confronts Ana about her feelings for Julio, El Chato becomes so enraged that he accidentally kills her, then places the blame on Julio. Julio is then arrested for the crime, but is eventually cleared of the crime by Anita, Ana's six-year-old daughter. The girl reveals that just before Ana died, she told her daughter her killer's identity.

Film Details

Also Known As
Mi primer amor, My Two Loves
Release Date
Jan 1938
Premiere Information
New York preview: 11 Aug 1938; San Juan, Puerto Rico opening: 4 Oct 1938; Los Angeles opening: 9 May 1939
Production Company
Cobian Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m
Film Length
8 reels

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Trivia

Notes

The working title of this film was Mi primer amor. Motion Picture Herald refers to it by the English translation of the Spanish title, "My Two Loves." The Motion Picture Herald review also notes that the picture's producer, Rafael Ramos Cobián, had recently signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox to make four Spanish-language pictures a year. Reviews and news items note that Mis dos amores was the first of a new series of films aimed at the Spanish-language markets in the United States, Central and South America that would star Tito Guízar, who was playing his first dramatic starring role in a North American film. The Motion Picture Herald and Variety reviewers both wrote favorably about the film and predicted that it would do well in all Spanish-langauge markets. The Variety review incorrectly credits costumer William Bridgehouse with the cinematography.