The Phantom of the Operetta (Spanish: El Fantasma de la opereta) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film written by Juan García and Gilberto Martínez Solares, directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Germán Valdés "Tin-Tan", Ana Luisa Peluffo and Luis Aldás.Hershfield & Maciel p.77 The plot is a comedic version inspired by The Phantom of the Opera.
Story A man and his girlfriend take over a run-down theatre, planning to stage musical shows there. However the place soon turns out to be haunted.
Cast Germán Valdés "Tin-Tan" as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes Ana Luisa Peluffo as Lucy Luis Aldás as Señor Marcucci Marcelo Chávez as Señor Lopez Fannie Kauffman "Vitola" as Gertrudis "La Flaca" Antonio Brillas as Juan Julián de Meriche as Vladimir Armando Sáenz as De Ramos, theater critic Eduardo Alcaraz as Don Quique Francisco Reiguera as Jeremias José Pardavé as Police officer Manuel "El Loco" Valdés Jorge Zamora Ramón Valdés as Police officer Guillermo Hernández as Police officer Manuel Alcón
References
Bibliography Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
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