In the Times of Don Porfirio

In the Times of Don Porfirio
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Directed byJuan Bustillo Oro
Written byHumberto Gómez Landero
Juan Bustillo Oro
Produced byJesús Grovas
StarringFernando Soler
Marina Tamayo
Emilio Tuero
CinematographyJack Draper
Edited byMario González
Music byMax Urban
Production
company
Oro Films
Distributed byTelevisa
Release date
  • 4 April 1940 (1940-04-04)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

In the Times of Don Porfirio (Spanish: En tiempos de Don Porfirio) is a 1939 Mexican musical film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Marina Tamayo, Emilio Tuero and Joaquín Pardavé.[1] The film, adapted from a novel, nostalgically portrays the government of General and President Porfirio Díaz, who is played by Antonio R. Frausto, who played him in several films. The film was the highest-grossing Mexican film of the year.

  1. ^ Segre p.89