Underplayed Gems

Las tres viudas de papá (1942)

Las tres viudas de papá poster
Directed by
Miguel Zacarías
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Mexican comedy from 1942. It is about a father and the three women who claim to be his widows. The film is the fourth in a series of comedies by the same director.

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What happens

Las tres viudas de papá ("The Three Widows of Father") is a 1942 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel Zacarías. It stars Sara García. Produced by Manuel Sereijo, it was distributed by Grovas y Cía. The film was one of three successive Zacarías comedies starring Chato Órtín and Sara García. It was the fourth sequel to Zacarías's Los enredos de papá, and maintained the same quality as the first three. The others were Papá se desenreda and Papá se enreda otra vez. The film premiered on 3 October 1942 in Mexico City. It was included in the 1959 list of shows censored by the Mexican League of Decency. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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