# The Shrew

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{{short description|1951 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Shrew
| image          = File:The Shrew poster.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [Fernando Méndez](/source/Fernando_M%C3%A9ndez_(film_director))
| producer       = [Valentín Gazcón](/source/Valent%C3%ADn_Gazc%C3%B3n)
| based_on       = 
| writer         = [Gilberto Gazcón](/source/Gilberto_Gazc%C3%B3n) <br> [Gabriel Ramírez Osante](/source/Gabriel_Ram%C3%ADrez_Osante)
| starring       =[Rosita Arenas](/source/Rosita_Arenas) <br> [Domingo Soler](/source/Domingo_Soler) <br> [Carlos López Moctezuma](/source/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_Moctezuma)
| music          = [Jorge Pérez](/source/Jorge_P%C3%A9rez_(composer))
| cinematography = [Manuel Gómez Urquiza](/source/Manuel_G%C3%B3mez_Urquiza)
| editing        = [Carlos Savage](/source/Carlos_Savage)
| studio         = Cinematográfica Intercontinental
| distributor    =Clasa-Mohme
| released       = {{Film date|1951|5|3|df=y}}
| runtime        = 83 minutes
| country        = Mexico
| language       = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''The Shrew''''' (Spanish: '''''Fierecilla''''') is a 1951 Mexican [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [Fernando Méndez](/source/Fernando_M%C3%A9ndez_(film_director)) and starring [Rosita Arenas](/source/Rosita_Arenas), [Domingo Soler](/source/Domingo_Soler) and [Carlos López Moctezuma](/source/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_Moctezuma).<ref>Paranaguá p.291</ref><ref>Amador p.51</ref> The plot was inspired by [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare)'s ''[The Taming of the Shrew](/source/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew)''.<ref>Vitali</ref> It was shot at the [Churubusco Studios](/source/Churubusco_Studios) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Jorge Fernández](/source/Jorge_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(art_director)).

==Cast==
* [Rosita Arenas](/source/Rosita_Arenas) as Rosita Hernández
* [Domingo Soler](/source/Domingo_Soler) as 	Don Tomás, padrino
* [Carlos López Moctezuma](/source/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_Moctezuma) as 	Carlos
* [Eduardo Noriega](/source/Eduardo_Noriega_(Mexican_actor)) as	Rafael Álvarez
* [Arturo Martínez](/source/Arturo_Mart%C3%ADnez_(actor)) as Antonio
* [Bertha Lomelí](/source/Bertha_Lomel%C3%AD) as 	Lolita
* [Eduardo Arozamena](/source/Eduardo_Arozamena) as 	Sacerdote
* [Maruja Grifell](/source/Maruja_Grifell) as 	Doña Brigida
* [Angélica María](/source/Ang%C3%A9lica_Mar%C3%ADa) as Rosita niña 
* [María Gentil Arcos](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Gentil_Arcos) as 	Dueña tienda ropa
* [Pepe Nava](/source/Pepe_Nava) as Cantinero 
* [Emilio Garibay](/source/Emilio_Garibay) as 	Eusebio, patrón

==References==
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==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}}

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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

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