Yo quiero ser tonta
{{Infobox film
| name = Yo quiero ser tonta
| image = Yo quiero ser tonta.png
| caption = Film poster
| director = Eduardo Ugarte
| producer = Manuel Altolaguirre
|based_on = {{based on|Las estrellas, a 1904 play|Carlos Arniches}}
| writer = Manuel Altolaguirre
Egon Eis
Carlos León
Eduardo Ugarte
| starring = Sara García
Fernando Soler
Rosita Quintana
| music = Federico Ruiz
| cinematography = Ezequiel Carrasco
| editing = Rafael Portillo
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1950|11|30|Mexico|df=yes}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Yo quiero ser tonta ("I Want to be a Fool") is a 1950 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Eduardo Ugarte.{{cite web|url=https://mi.tv/mx/programas/yo-quiero-ser-tonta-1950|title=Yo quiero ser tonta|publisher=Mi.tx|access-date=15 February 2025|language=Spanish}} It stars Sara García, Fernando Soler and Rosita Quintana.[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mi_film/2ClZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Yo+quiero+ser+tonta++Sara+Garc%C3%ADa,+Fernando+Soler+and+Rosita+Quintana.&dq=Yo+quiero+ser+tonta++Sara+Garc%C3%ADa,+Fernando+Soler+and+Rosita+Quintana.&printsec=frontcover Mi film: la revista del cine nacional y extranjero] (1951), Volumes 11-12, (p.4) (in Spanish){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wVNYAAAAMAAJ&q=Yo+quiero+ser+tonta++Sara+Garc%C3%ADa,+Fernando+Soler+and+Rosita+Quintana.|title=El cine mexicano|author=García Riera, Emilio|year=1963|page=127|publisher=Ediciones Era }}
Plot
A father dreams of his son becoming a bullfighter and his daughter a singer, so that they become millionaires, although apparently their talent is not there.
Cast
- Sara García
- Rosita Quintana
- Gustavo Rojo
- Fernando Soler{{Cite book |last=Riera |first=Emilio García |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hcguAAAAYAAJ&q=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta |title=Los hermanos Soler |date=1990 |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro de Investigación y Enseñanza Cinematográficas |isbn=978-968-895-090-6 |language=es}}
Production
The film is based on the musical comedy Las estrellas, by Carlos Arniches.{{Cite book |last=Wilt |first=David E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErcuEQAAQBAJ&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PA149 |title=The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001 |date=2024-10-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0430-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=García |first=Pedro López |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bG-1BAAAQBAJ&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PA155 |title=Alicantinos en el cine. Cineastas en Alicante |date=2013-02-28 |publisher=Editorial Club Universitario |isbn=978-84-9948-539-3 |language=es}} The adaptation was the work of the director{{Cite book |last1=Agramonte |first1=Arturo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYGfEAAAQBAJ&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PT30 |title=Cronología del cine cubano III (1945-1952) |last2=Castillo |first2=Luciano |date=2022-12-07 |publisher=RUTH |isbn=978-959-304-353-3 |language=es}}{{Cite book |last1=Agramonte |first1=Arturo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4GfEAAAQBAJ&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=RA1-PT95 |title=Cronología del cine cubano IV (1953-1959) |last2=Castillo |first2=Luciano |date=2022-12-07 |publisher=RUTH |isbn=978-959-304-354-0 |language=en}} and Manuel Altolaguirre.{{Cite book |last=Albersmeier |first=Franz-Josef |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcdcMp2uIUYC&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PA310 |title=Theater, Film, Literatur in Spanien: Literaturgeschichte als integrierte Mediengeschichte |date=2001-01-01 |publisher=Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-503-04983-7 |language=de}} The film is the first of their production company Producciones Isla.{{Cite web |title=exhibition - the cinema (1944-1959) - Manuel Altolaguirre (1905-1959) |url=http://www.residencia.csic.es/altolaguirre/en/exposicion/expo8.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706174053/http://www.residencia.csic.es/altolaguirre/en/exposicion/expo8.htm |archive-date=2012-07-06 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.residencia.csic.es |url-status=live }} The book Tinta, papel, nitrato y celuloide lists it among the notable examples of adaptations of literary works typical of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.{{Cite book |last1=Castro |first1=Francisco Martín Peredo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LrwWEAAAQBAJ&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PT470 |title=Tinta, papel, nitrato y celuloide: Diálogos entre cine, prensa y literatura en México |last2=Venegas |first2=Carmen García |last3=Plata |first3=Blanca Aguilar |last4=Jacobo |first4=Pilar Mandujano |last5=Macedo |first5=Alfonso Rodríguez |last6=Orozco |first6=Federico Dávalos |last7=Arroyo |first7=Jacquelinne Sánchez |last8=Reséndiz |first8=Isabel Lincoln Strange |last9=García |first9=Magda Lillalí Rendón |date=2021-01-15 |publisher=UNAM, Dirección General de Publicaciones y Fomento Editorial |isbn=978-607-30-3658-0 |language=es}}
The art direction was led by Jésus Bracho.{{Cite book |last=Ibarra |first=Jesús |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twzhutuv5eUC&dq=Eduardo+Ugarte+Yo+quero+ser+tonta&pg=PA266 |title=Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano |date=2006 |publisher=UNAM |isbn=978-970-32-3074-7 |language=es}}
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