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Al son del mambo (1950)

Al son del mambo poster
Directed by
Chano Urueta
Genre
musical film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A musical film set in Mexico and Havana. It follows performers involved with mambo music and dance.

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What happens

To the Sound of the Mambo (Spanish: Al son del mambo) is a 1950 Mexican musical film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Adalberto Martínez «Resortes», Amalia Aguilar and Rita Montaner. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and on location in Havana. It was produced as a Rumberas film, a genre popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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