(Movies)
When
December 10, 2017 <m>(Sunday)
Where
Billy Wilder Theater / UCLA Film & Television Archive
Courtyard Level, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90024 (US)
Website: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2017/12/10/enamorada-alla-rancho-grande

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Presented by The Material World Charitable Foundation, The Film Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive

Enamorada  (Mexico, 1946)

Enamorada, which translates as "A Woman in Love," is a loose adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Macho man and Mexican revolutionary General Reyes (Armend?riz) conquers the pueblo of Cholula, then falls hopelessly in love with Beatriz Pe?afiel, the daughter of the richest and most conservative man in town. Embodied by Mar?a F?lix, she knocks him off his feet with a slap after he whistles at her, then literally blows him off his horse with a bomb. Hollywood called it "meeting cute." The "taming" here consists of the General getting down on his knees repeatedly and asking her for forgiveness for all the atrocities he has committed. She does fall eventually, signaled by an extreme close-up of Beatriz awakening to love, as Reyes serenades her under her window. The final scene pays homage to Josef von Sternberg's Morocco (1930), but this is one of the masterpieces of Mexican cinema. This 35mm print, wet-gate contact printed directly from the original nitrate camera negative, represents the first stage in the restoration of Enamorada, a process that began in 2017. -Jan-Christopher Horak

Enamorada es una adaptaci?n libre de La fierecilla domada que narra c?mo el General Reyes (Armend?riz), un fanfarr?n revolucionario mexicano, conquista el pueblo de Cholula y se enamora perdidamente de Beatriz Pe?afiel (Mar?a F?lix), la hija del hombre m?s conservador y rico del pueblo. Ella le tira al suelo al abofetearle por haberla silbado, y, posteriormente, le hace caer de su caballo con una bomba. Hollywood lo defini? como un "bonito encuentro de pel?cula". En esta ocasi?n, es el general quien es domado, teniendo que arrodillarse y disculparse ante ella en repetidas ocasiones por todas las atrocidades que ha cometido. Finalmente, ella se enamora de ?l, como ilustra un primer plano de Beatriz despertando al amor mientras, bajo de su ventana, Reyes le ofrece una serenata. La escena final rinde homenaje a Marruecos (1930) de Josef von Sternberg, pero Enamorada es una de las obras maestras del cine mexicano. Esta copia en 35mm, realizada a partir del negativo original con una m?quina copiadora de contacto con ventanilla l?quida (wet gate), constituye la primera fase en la restauraci?n de Enamorada, un proyecto que comenz? en 2017. (trans. Roberto Green)

35mm, b/w, 99 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Production: Panamerican Films. Director: Emilio Fern?ndez. Producer: Benito Alazraki. Screenwriter: Benito Alazraki, Emilio Fern?ndez, ??igo de Martino. Cinematographer: Gabriel Figueroa. Editor: Gloria Schoemann. Cast: Mar?a F?lix, Pedro Armend?riz, Fernando Fern?ndez, Jos? Morcillo.


All? en el Rancho Grande  (Mexico, 1936)

Both the patr?n of a Mexican ranch and his foreman love the same girl, but what is her preference? Through a clever combination of romance, comedy, musical performance, idyllic hacienda setting and recognizable cultural types, this film created the template for the comedia ranchera genre that would soon become a staple of Mexican cinema. By all accounts, All? en el Rancho Grande was also the catalyst that kick-started the Mexican Golden Age, while it also revolutionized and invigorated Spanish-language film exhibition in Los Angeles through a symbiosis between cinema, popular music, live theater and star appearances. Billed in local newspapers as the film that will "make you feel more Mexican," its local promotion also capitalized on the nostalgia of immigrant audiences. Drawing on the popularity of Mexican regional music in the U.S., Rancho Grande would also become a model emulated by Hollywood in its production of Pan-American musicals in the 1940s. -Colin Gunckel

El patr?n de un rancho mexicano y uno de sus capataces est?n enamorados de la misma mujer, pero ?a qui?n prefiere ella? Gracias a una h?bil combinaci?n de romance, comedia, n?meros musicales, el id?lico escenario de una hacienda y personajes arquet?picos, con esta pel?cula naci? el modelo de la comedia ranchera, un g?nero que enseguida se hizo enormemente popular en el cine mexicano. Adem?s de ser una de las pel?culas que inaugur? la ?poca de Oro del cine mexicano, All? en el Rancho Grande revolucion? y revitaliz? la exhibici?n de pel?culas en espa?ol en Los ?ngeles a trav?s de la fusi?n de cine, m?sica popular, espect?culos en directo y la participaci?n de estrellas. Promocionada en los peri?dicos locales como la pel?cula que "le har? sentir m?s mexicano", la publicidad tambi?n apelaba a la nostalgia de un p?blico formado por inmigrantes. Asimismo, All? en el Rancho Grande se convirti? en el modelo emulado por los musicales panamericanos producidos en Hollywood en los a?os 40 que aprovechaban la popularidad que ten?a la m?sica regional mexicana en los Estados Unidos. (trans. Roberto Green)

Print courtesy of Filmoteca de la UNAM. 35mm, b/w, 98 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Director: Fernando de Fuentes. Producer: Alfonso Rivas Bustamante and Fernando de Fuentes. Scriptwriters: Guz ?guila and Fernando de Fuentes. Cinematographer: Gabriel Figueroa. Cast: Tito Gu?zar, Ren? Cardona, Esther Fern?ndez, Lorenzo Barcelata, Emma Roldan, Carlos L?pez "Chaflan."

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