Gran Casino

Gran Casino Alternate title En el viejo Tampico is a 1947 Mexican film. It was written by Mauricio Magdaleno and Edmundo Baez, based on a story by Michel Weber, and directed by Luis Buuel.

Joss sister Mercedes Libertad Lamarque travels to Mexico to find out whats become of him, and when she learns that Gerardo has taken over as manager, shes convinced that Gerardo and his pals are to blame. Wanting to know more about Gerardo and his cronies, she takes a job as a singer at Gran Casino, a rowdy nightclub near the oil fields. In time, she strikes up a romance with the goodhearted roughneck and learns the identity of her brothers real enemyDon Fabio Jos Baviera, the local front for Big Oil.From the release of the film Honeysuckle in 1938, Libertad Lamarque was the most popular artist in Argentine cinema. She had made her name on stage and radio as a tango singer and she was able to capitalize on that success by combining her singing and acting abilities in pictures that pulled their melodramatic plots straight from the tales told in popular tangos. She often played the part of a tango singer whose romance with a wealthy suitor is thwarted by his snobbish family, making her a compelling symbol of porteo popular culture with a strong antielitist identification. In 1945, Larmarque starred in La cabalgata del circo, a potboiler about a theatrical troupe in nineteenthcentury Argentina, which included in the cast as a supporting player, Eva Duarte, who was being courted by then Colonel Juan Pern, who was on his way to becoming President of the country. Tensions on the set ran high, as Duarte flaunted her relationship with Argentinas strongman by turning up late every day, having him pick her up from the studio in his state limousine and generally behaving as if she were the star of the picture. When Duarte sat in Lamarques chair one day, Lamarque slapped her across the face, sparking a cause clbre that delighted Duartes many enemies. Lamarque added to the intrigue by suggesting that the two had been vying for the attentions of Peron. After October 17, 1945, Loyalty Day, when demonstrations organized with the cooperation of Duarte resulted

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