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The Moorish Queen (1955 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Moorish Queen' (Spanish:'La reina mora') is a 1955 Spanish musical film directed by Ral Alfonso and starring Antoita Moreno, Pepe Marchena and Miguel Ligero.D'Lugo p.263 It is based on a zarzuela which had previously been made into a 1922 silent film and a 1937 sound film.
It was shot in Ferraniacolor.
Synopsis
During the April Fair in Seville, Esteban wounds his rival Antonio in a fight. Coral, Esteban's girlfriend, asks Cotufo, her brother, to change their address, since she wants to live in isolation while her boyfriend remains in jail. Cotufo agrees and both brothers move to a mansion where, according to legend, a Christian and the daughter of a Moorish king lived three hundred years ago. She this she died of love sorrow and the legend adds that a goblin has lived in the house since then.
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* D'Lugo, Marvin. 'Guide to the Cinema of Spain'. Greenwood Publishing, 1997.
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