La Gata
Spain,
1956, 94 min
Shown in 1957
CREDITS
- dir
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Margarita Alexandre, Rafael Maria Torrecilla
- prod
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Margarita Alexandre, Rafael María Torrecilla
- scr
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César Fernández Ardavín
- cam
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Juan Mariné
- editor
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Mercedes Alonso
- mus
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Miguel Asins Arbó
- cast
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Jorge Mistral, Aurora Bautista, José Nieto, Felipe Simon
- prod co
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Eurociné; Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.; Nervión Films
- source
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Guild Hall Pictures Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.
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COMMENTS
Screened December 17, 1957.
OTHER
El Vaquero and the Girl is a vigorous and romantic film from Spain, spectacularly photographed in color in Andalusia, with a moving flamenco background and reflecting in interesting fashion many details of ranching in that area. This is the area where the bulls for bullfighting are bred and raised, and the film recounts the tradition that a bull may never be introduced to the cape before entering the ring, lest he be too well educated, and thus unnecessarily endanger the life of the matador.
—Paine Knickerbocker, San Francisco Chronicle
FACTOID #51
The first silent film screened at the Festival (now an annual tradition) was The Scarlet Letter (1924) by the great Swedish director Victor Sjöström, on October 24, 1968. The film’s star, Lillian Gish, was honored with an in-person tribute two days later.
