María Eugenia

Written byFelipe Gregorio Castillo

Produced byFelipe Gregorio Castillo

StarringMaría Félix
Manolita Saval
Rafael Baledón

María Eugenia
Directed by	Felipe Gregorio Castillo
Written by	Felipe Gregorio Castillo
Produced by	Felipe Gregorio Castillo
Starring	María Félix Manolita Saval Rafael Baledón
Cinematography	Víctor Herrera
Edited by	José W. Bustos
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	Clasa Films Mundiales
Release date	1 April 1943 (1943-04-01)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

María Eugenia is a 1943 Mexican drama film written and directed by Felipe Gregorio Castillo and starring María Félix,^[1] alongside Manolita Saval and Rafael Baledón. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.^[2]

María Félix as María Eugenia
Manolita Saval as Raquel
Rafael Baledón as Carlos
Jorge Reyes as Ricardo
Virginia Manzano as Julia
Mimí Derba as Doña Virginia
Eugenia Galindo as Doña Matilde
Salvador Quiroz as Doctor
Alejandro Cobo as Jefe de María
Alfredo Varela as Martín
Ignacio Peón as José María
Consuelo Segarra as Rosa
Carolina Barret as Mulata
Antonio Bedolla as Pedro
Julio Ahuet as Emeterio
Toña la Negra
Eva Beltri
Trío Calaveras
Son Clave de Oro
Hermanos Huesca
Alfonso Bedoya
Roberto Cañedo

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María Eugenia was the first film María Félix made after her film debut in El Peñón de las Ánimas.^[1]^[3] During filming, Félix caused a stir while shooting the opening scene of the film, which featured her in a white bathing suit, attracting publicity to Félix.^[1]^[3] It is the only film in Félix's filmography where she appeared in swimwear.^[4]

It was the only film directed by Felipe Gregorio Castillo, who afterwards became a film censor.^[4]^[5]

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1 2 3 Pilcher, Jeffrey M. (2003). The Human Tradition in Mexico. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 192. ISBN 0-8420-2976-1.
↑ Peralta Gilabert, Rosa (2007). Manuel Fontanals, escenógrafo: teatro, cine y exilio (in Spanish). Editorial Fundamentos. p. 336. ISBN 978-84-245-1110-4.
1 2 Barajas Sandoval, Carmen (1992). Una mujer llamada María Félix: historia no autorizada (in Spanish). EDAMEX. p. 16. ISBN 968-409-673-9. Casi inmediatamente después de su primera película, María firma el contrato para la segunda que se llamó "María Eugenia" […] Con esta película se suscitó un gran escándalo que le dió a María mucha publicidad. En una escena ella aparecía en traje de baño; un traje de baño blanco […] [Almost immediately after her first film, María signed the contract for the second one, which was called "María Eugenia" […] With this film a great scandal arose that gave María a lot of publicity. In one scene she appeared in a bathing suit; a white bathing suit […]]
1 2 3 León Frías, Isaac (2019). Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. pp. 323–324. ISBN 978-9972-45-486-8. Después, la actriz lució por única vez en traje de baño para María Eugenia (1943), pésimo melodrama que supuso la única experiencia en la dirección del después censor Felipe Gregorio Castillo. [Later, the actress wore for the only time a bathing suit for María Eugenia (1943), a terrible melodrama that was the only experience in direction of the later censor Felipe Gregorio Castillo.]
1 2 Archivos de la Filmoteca: revista de estudios históricos sobre la imagen (in Spanish). La Filmoteca. 1999. p. 77. El melodrama mexicano está tan sometido a convenciones y normas que la segunda película de María Félix, María Eugenia, la dirige el mismísimo director de la censura, Felipe Gregorio Castillo. [The Mexican melodrama is so subject to conventions and norms that María Félix's second film, María Eugenia, is directed by the director of the censorship himself, Felipe Gregorio Castillo.]
↑ Félix, María (1993). Todas mis Guerras (in Spanish). Clío. p. 69. ISBN 968-11-0556-7. Después de mi debut en El peñón de las ánimas hice una película que no tuvo otra importancia que la de darme experiencia: María Eugenia. [After my debut in El peñón de las animas, I made a film that had no other importance than to give me experience: María Eugenia.]

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