• Source: The Queen of the Tropics

      • The Queen of the Tropics (Spanish: La reina del trópico) is a 1946 Mexican musical drama film directed by Raúl de Anda and starring María Antonieta Pons, Luis Aguilar and Fernando Soto. It is in the tradition of Rumberas films. It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada.


      Plot


      In Papantla, Veracruz, the orphan girl Maria Antonia (María Antonieta Pons) lives with Don Anselmo (Arturo Soto Rangel), a peasant producer of vanilla and his wife Trini (Maria Gentil Arcos), who adopted her since she was very small. Arrives from the Mexico City the lawyer Esteban (Carlos López Moctezuma), son of Don Anselmo, and in the feast of the Corpus he dazzles with the beauty of María Antonia. the villain intoxicates the girl with the purpose to possess her. He returns to Mexico City and he promises to María Antonia that he come back for her when he has triumphed. Don Anselmo seriously ill and María Antonia travels to Mexico City to tell Esteban, who does not want to receive in his luxury apartment. Maria Antonia is alone and to the mercy of the dangers of the city, until she meets the young Andres (Luis Aguilar) and his friend Pizarrín (Fernando Soto "Mantequilla"), who give her asylum in their neighborhood.


      Cast


      María Antonieta Pons as María Antonia
      Luis Aguilar as Andrés
      Carlos López Moctezuma as Esteban
      Fernando Soto "Mantequilla" as Pizarrín
      Arturo Soto Rangel as Don Anselmo
      María Gentil Arcos as Doña Trini
      Emma Roldán as Doña Gumersinda
      Salvador Quiroz as Don Pedro
      Luis G. Barreiro as El gerente
      Enrique Pastor as Músico
      Charles Rooner as Mr. Jackson
      Ramón G. Larrea as El editor
      Raquel Téllez Girón as La amiga
      Roberto Corell as Juan
      Jorge Arriaga as El tarzán
      Max Langler as El ladrón
      Hernán Vera as El hotelero
      Kiko Mendive as Músico miembro de la orquesta


      Reviews


      When one says that Maria Antonieta Pons is the Queen of the Tropics, it is true, because it is the name of a movie that she starred surrounded by great actors. To justify her Cuban accent, in the film was assigned to her a role of an orphan whose origin was unknown and was adopted by a peasant couple; the plot happening in Papantla, Veracruz. Even when she tried to be demure, she don't kept to hearing the call of the music, and to the minimum provocation, she moves with the rhythm of the music in the company of another Cuban dancer highlighted in the Mexican cinema: Kiko Mendive, who prepared several choreographies executed by this rumbera star.


      References




      Bibliography


      Gunckel, Colin, Horak, Jan-Christopher & Jarvinen, Lisa. Cinema Between Latin America and Los Angeles: Origins to 1960. Rutgers University Press, 2019.


      External links


      The Queen of the Tropics at IMDb
      Películas Pepito: La reina del trópico (1946)

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