The_Song_of_the_Nightingale_(film)

<i>The Song of the Nightingale</i> (film)

The Song of the Nightingale (film)

1959 Spanish film

The Song of the Nightingale (Spanish: Saeta del ruiseñor) is a 1959 Spanish musical film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Joselito, Ivy Bless and Archibald L. Lyall.[1]

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Plot

Joselito is a boy who lives in a small town in Seville. He has a sister named Carmela whom he woos "El Quico". As the child has a prodigious voice, her sister's boyfriend wants to take advantage of her since he wants to marry her, to which the boy refuses. Finally, meeting a blind girl named Alicia will make Joselito participate in a radio contest to be able to pay for the operation that can restore his vision.

Cast

  • Joselito as Joselito
  • Ivy Bless as Dorothy
  • Archibald L. Lyall as Mr. Richard
  • Vicky Lagos as Carmela
  • Manuel Zarzo as Quico
  • Aníbal Vela [es] as Alcalde
  • Lola del Pino as Alicia's mother
  • Emma Picó as Joselito's mother
  • Luis Moreno as Sr. José
  • Félix Briones as Alicia's father
  • Manuel Guitián [es] as bailiff
  • Carmelo G. Robledo
  • Luis Roses as professor
  • José María Sánchez Roda [es]
  • Mari Carmen Alonso as Alicia
  • Antonio Vela as Gordillo

References

  1. [1]
    de España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films. Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 9. ISBN 0313294593.


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