Overview
The Girl's Houseboy (El mucamo de la niña) is a 1951 Argentine musical comedy film, directed by Enrique Carreras on his directorial debut with Juan Sires. It is based on a play by Nato Lamarque, which he adapted for the screen. It stars Lolita Torres, Alfredo Barbieri, Tito Climent and Gogó Andreu and was released on 24 October 1951 in Buenos Aires.
Plot
A young man goes to work as a servant in a millionaire's house to look after his daughter.
Cast
Lolita Torres as Lucy Saravia
Alfredo Barbieri as Miguelito
Tito Climent as Tito
Gogó Andreu as Gogó
Alejandro Maximino as don Roque Saravia
Domingo Márquez as Eduardo
Marcos Zucker as Alberto
Max Citelli as Rómulo
Virginia de la Cruz as Alicia
Gloria Castilla as Elsa
Jorge Larrea as poker player
Milita Brandon
Rómulo Real
Fina Suárez
Reception
King in El Mundo said the film was: "Direct in its comedy and fast in its action." Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) write (translated from Spanish): "Enrique Carreras combined the songs of the juvenile Lolita and the humor of Barbieri to achieve a hit".
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