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Lola was already famous as a vernacular singer. Lola Beltrán, Demetrio González, and José Alfredo Jiménez led the cast. Along his career, Salvador wrote the stories for 27 Cantinflas’s vehicles, as well as many others for other very popular comedians like Adalberto Martínez Resortes and the duo Viruta y Capulina. His vast experience as a comedy screenplay writer and filmmaker shows in this film. It recalls the cases two famous leading men in Mexican cinema that had to do that in real life: Tito Guízar, and Jorge Negrete.Ĭamino de Guanajuato is a first rate musical comedy. Two opera pieces are included, since Demetrio González’s character was originally an opera singer that has to switch to vernacular music to meet success. The rest of the cast included some very popular actors like María Gentil Arcos, as Juan José’s mother José Pidal, Manolo Noriega, and Pancho Córdova. When Demetrio and Juan José fall in love with Lola, everything changes. Success is almost immediate, and everything seems to be bright in their future. An antique shop’s owner (José Pidal) lends them a pair of guitars they need. They meet at a TV contest and decide to form a trio. The story is about Lola, Demetrio, and Juan José. The group splits when a love triangle ruins their friendship. Three wannabe singers, a woman and two men, form a trio that soon reaches fame.
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