Song of the Siren (film)
| Song of the Siren | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Norman Foster |
| Written by | Edmundo Báez Álvaro Custodio Norman Foster |
| Starring | Julián Soler Rosita Díaz Gimeno |
| Cinematography | Jack Draper |
| Edited by | Gloria Schoemann |
| Music by | Manuel Esperón |
Production company | CAFISA |
Release date |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Song of the Siren[1] (Spanish: El canto de la sirena) is a 1948 Mexican fantasy comedy[1] film directed by Norman Foster and starring Julián Soler and Rosita Díaz Gimeno.[2][3][4][5][6] It is one of Foster's films made in Mexico.[2] It was produced by CAFISA,[3][6] and was screened in the United States.[1][6]
Plot
A composer who writes singing commercials, beachcombing one day, meets and falls in love with Nereida, a mermaid. She is captured and sold to a circus, but the composer finds his way back to her after listening to her in his radio station.[1]
Cast
- Julián Soler
- Rosita Díaz Gimeno
- Rodolfo Acosta
- Mario Caballero
- Tito Junco
- Jesús Maza
- Virginia Serret
- Julio Villarreal
References
- ^ a b c d Porter 1949.
- ^ a b Berlin 2005, pp. 50–51.
- ^ a b García Riera 1992, p. 86.
- ^ Ibarra 2006, p. 267.
- ^ Amador & Ayala Blanco 1982, p. 305.
- ^ a b c Biltereyst, Maltby & Meers 2019, p. 339.
Bibliography
- Porter, Reed (15 June 1949). "'Mermaid' Has Spanish Song". Los Angeles Mirror. p. 44. Retrieved 5 February 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- Berlin, Howard M. (2005). The Complete Mr. Moto Film Phile: A Casebook. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 978-0-8095-1129-7.
- García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946-1948 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. ISBN 978-968-895-343-3.
- Ibarra, Jesús (2006). Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 978-970-32-3074-7.
- Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (1982). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1940-1949 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Biltereyst, Daniel; Maltby, Richard; Meers, Philippe (2019). The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-35395-9.