The Shrew

{{short description|1951 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Shrew | image = File:The Shrew poster.jpg | caption = | director = Fernando Méndez | producer = Valentín Gazcón | based_on = | writer = Gilberto Gazcón <br> Gabriel Ramírez Osante | starring =Rosita Arenas <br> Domingo Soler <br> Carlos López Moctezuma | music = Jorge Pérez | cinematography = Manuel Gómez Urquiza | editing = Carlos Savage | studio = Cinematográfica Intercontinental | distributor =Clasa-Mohme | released = {{Film date|1951|5|3|df=y}} | runtime = 83 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Shrew''''' (Spanish: '''''Fierecilla''''') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Rosita Arenas, Domingo Soler and Carlos López Moctezuma.<ref>Paranaguá p.291</ref><ref>Amador p.51</ref> The plot was inspired by Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''.<ref>Vitali</ref> It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández.

==Cast== * Rosita Arenas as Rosita Hernández * Domingo Soler as Don Tomás, padrino * Carlos López Moctezuma as Carlos * Eduardo Noriega as Rafael Álvarez * Arturo Martínez as Antonio * Bertha Lomelí as Lolita * Eduardo Arozamena as Sacerdote * Maruja Grifell as Doña Brigida * Angélica María as Rosita niña * María Gentil Arcos as Dueña tienda ropa * Pepe Nava as Cantinero * Emilio Garibay as Eusebio, patrón

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Alfaro, Eduardo de la Vega. '' Fernando Méndez, 1908-1966''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1995. * Amador, María Luisa. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. * Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995. * Vitali, Valentina. ''Capital and Popular Cinema: The Dollars are Coming!''. Manchester University Press, 2016.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0180694}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shrew, The}} Category:1951 films Category:1951 Spanish-language films Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:Mexican comedy films Category:1951 comedy films Category:1951 Mexican films Category:Films directed by Fernando Méndez Category:Estudios Churubusco films