Red Cross Girls

Red Cross Girls
Produced by Pedro Masó
Written by Rafael J. Salvia
Pedro Masó
Starring Antonio Casal
Luz Márquez
Mabel Karr
Concha Velasco
Tony Leblanc
Katia Loritz
Arturo Fernández
Ricardo Zamora Jr.
Music by Augusto Algueró
Cinematography Alejandro Ulloa
Edited by José Antonio Rojo
Distributed by Compañía Industrial Film Español S.A.
Release dates
  • November 5, 1958 (1958-11-05)

(Madrid)

Running time
83 minutes
Country Spain

Red Cross Girls (Spanish: Las Chicas de la Cruz Roja) is a 1958 Spanish film directed by Rafael J. Salvia. It is a musical romantic comedy.

Plot

Four women from different social backgrounds - Julia (Luz Márquez), Isabel (Mabel Karr), Paloma (Concha Velasco) and Marion (Katia Loritz) - meet in Madrid while soliciting donations for the Red Cross, attracting men and becoming good friends in the process.[1]

Cast

Reception

The film critic Lorenzo Hortelano considered Red Cross Girls one of the best examples of the "well-meaning, humorous and nostalgic popular"[2] Spanish cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, following a romantic narrative set against a background that "praises "the joy of the 'modern' Madrid of the fifties."[2]

In the 1980s some Spanish critics dismissed this film's genre as “silly comedies” that presented a false view of Spanish life.[3]

Soundtrack

The main theme, composed by Augusto Algueró became a popular hit in Spain.[4]

References

  1. Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). "A Companion to Spanish Cinema". United Kingdom: Boydell Brewer Ltd. p. 145. ISBN 9781855661769. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hortelano, Lorenzo J. Torres (2011). Directory of World Cinema: Spain. United Kingdom: Intellect Ltd. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9781841504636. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. Triana-Toribio, Nuria. National Spanish Cinema. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 9780415220606. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. "Las chicas de la Cruz Roja (1958)". YouTube. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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