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Red Cross Girls
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Wikipedia article
'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 Mrquez), 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.
Cast
* Antonio Casal as Andrs
* Luz Mrquez as Julia
* Mabel Karr as Isabel
* Concha Velasco as Paloma
* Tony Leblanc as Pepe
* Katia Loritz as Marion
* Arturo Fernndez as Ernesto
* Ricardo Zamora Jr. as Len
Reception
The film critic Lorenzo Hortelano considered 'Red Cross Girls' one of the best examples of the "well-meaning, humorous and nostalgic popular" 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."
In the 1980s some Spanish critics dismissed this film's genre as silly comedies that presented a false view of Spanish life.
Soundtrack
The main theme, composed by Augusto Alguer became a popular hit in Spain.
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