The Pure Truth

{{Short description|1931 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox film

|name = The Pure Truth

|image =

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|native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|La pura verdad}}

|director = Florián Rey
Manuel Romero

|writer = John McGowan
James Montgomery (play)
Pedro Muñoz Seca

|based_on = Nothing But the Truth by Frederic S. Isham

|starring = José Isbert
Enriqueta Serrano
Manuel Russell

|music = Paul Barnaby
Lionel Cazaux
Johnny Green

|cinematography = René Dantan

|studio = Paramount Pictures

|distributor = Paramount Pictures

|released = {{Film date|1931|12|4}}

|runtime = 74 minutes

|country = United States

|language = Spanish

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The Pure Truth ({{langx|es|La pura verdad}}) is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Florián Rey and Manuel Romero and starring José Isbert, Enriqueta Serrano and Manuel Russell.{{cite book|last=Peiró|first=Eva Woods|title=White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|year=2012|page=306|isbn=978-0816645855|jstor=10.5749/j.ctttt07f}}

It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by Paramount Pictures, as the Spanish-language version of the studio's 1929 film Nothing But the Truth. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became widespread.

The film's sets were designed by Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

Cast

  • José Isbert as Sr. Lamberti
  • Enriqueta Serrano as Emilia Lamberti
  • Manuel Russell as Roberto
  • María Brú as Sra. Lamberti
  • Goyita Herrero as Sabel
  • Amalia de Isaura as President
  • José Soria as Ricardo
  • Manuel Vico as Apollodorus
  • Pedro Valdivieso as Reverent Doran
  • Pilar Casteig as Mabel
  • Pedro Gonzalez as Silvan
  • Antoñita Colomé as Esther
  • Maria Gonzalez as secretary
  • Leda Ginelly as Marta
  • Freddy Castel as Cuban
  • Joaquín Carrasco as doctor
  • Pelayo Corgo as banker
  • Ramón Portavella as gardener
  • Francisco Alarcon as chauffeur
  • Gaby Morelle as nurse
  • José Sierra de Luna as Cabaret director

References

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