It's Not Enough to Be a Charro

It's Not Enough to Be a Charro (Spanish: No basta ser charro) is a 1946 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Jorge Negrete, Lilia Michel and Armando Soto La Marina.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vicente Petit. It was part of the tradition of Ranchera films, popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

It's Not Enough to Be a Charro
Directed by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Written by	Paulino Masip Juan Bustillo Oro
Produced by	Juan Bustillo Oro Jesús Grovas
Starring	Jorge Negrete Lilia Michel Armando Soto La Marina
Cinematography	Víctor Herrera
Edited by	José W. Bustos
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	Producciónes Grovas
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	11 April 1946 (1946-04-11)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Cast

• Jorge Negrete as Ramón Blanquet / Jorge Negrete
• Lilia Michel as Marta
• Armando Soto La Marina as Refugio
• Eugenia Galindo as Tía Tula
• Manuel Noriega as Don Antonio
• Antonio R. Frausto as Prospero, veterinario
• Trío Calaveras as Cantantes
• Trío Ascensio del Rio as Cantantes
• Trío Ruiz Armengol as Cantantes
• Hermanas Ruelas as Cantantes
• Cuarteto Melódico as Cantantes
• Alfonso Bedoya as Peón
• Carmelita González as Espectadora programa de radio

References

1. Avila p.189
2. Riera p.56

Bibliography

• Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1945. Ediciones Era, 1969.

External links

• It's Not Enough to Be a Charro at IMDb