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El indio
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Wikipedia article
'El indio' is a 1939 Mexican drama film directed by Armando Vargas de la Maza. It was released in Mexico on February 10, 1939 and later released in United States on May 12, of the same year. Consuelo Frank and Pedro Armendriz received equal billing, while Dolores Camarillo (billed as Dolores C. de Frausto) who was the film's comic relief, was billed last. Later she would receive a somewhat higher billing in Cantinflas' 'Ah est el detalle'.
The film also explores an early form of Mexican "indio" comic performances given by Carlos Lpez "Chafln" and Dolores Camarillo. These comic roles would later give inspiration to Mara Elena Velasco's 'La India Mara' film series.
Synopsis
'El indio' centers on an hacienda somewhere in central-Mexico owned by an ambitious landowner who mistreats his indigenous peones. One of the peons, Felipe (Pedro Armendriz), has separated himself from the hacienda and the tribe and relies on hunting to survive. He is in love with Mara (Consuelo Frank), a beautiful white Indian girl who is constantly beleaguered by the hacienda's owner.
Cast
*Consuelo Frank as Mara
*Pedro Armendriz as Felipe
*Eduardo Vivas as Hacendado
*Gloria Morel as Cristina
*Carlos Lpez "Chafln"
*Enrique Cancino
*ngel T. Sala
*Ernesto Finance
*Alfonso Parra
*Jess Ojeda
*Rafael Icardo
*Dolores C. de Frausto as Panchita
*Max Langler as Indian (uncredited)
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