# The Three Happy Compadres

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{{Short description|1952 film}}
{{For|the similarly titled film of the same year|The Three Happy Friends}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Three Happy Compadres
| image          =File:The Three Happy Compadres.jpeg
| caption        =
| director       = [Julián Soler](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_Soler)
| producer       = [Óscar J. Brooks](/source/%C3%93scar_J._Brooks) <br> [Ernesto Enríquez](/source/Ernesto_Enr%C3%ADquez) <br> [Felipe Mier](/source/Felipe_Mier)
| based_on = 
| writer         = [Ernesto Cortázar](/source/Ernesto_Cort%C3%A1zar) <br> Óscar J. Brooks <br> Julián Soler
| narrator       =
| starring       =[Jorge Negrete](/source/Jorge_Negrete) <br> [Pedro Armendáriz](/source/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz) <br> [Andrés Soler](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Soler) <br> [Rebeca Iturbide](/source/Rebeca_Iturbide) <br> [Rosa de Castilla](/source/Rosa_de_Castilla)
| music          =[Manuel Esperón](/source/Manuel_Esper%C3%B3n)
| cinematography = [Jorge Stahl Jr.](/source/Jorge_Stahl_Jr.)
| editing        = [Carlos Savage](/source/Carlos_Savage)
| studio = Producciones Mier & Brooks
| distributor    = Clasa-Mohme
| released       = {{Film date|1952|4|11|df=y}}
| runtime        = 118 minutes
| country        =Mexico
| language       = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''The Three Happy Compadres''''' (Spanish: '''''Los Tres Alegres Compadres''''') is a 1952 Mexican [western](/source/western_film) [musical comedy film](/source/musical_comedy_film) directed by [Julián Soler](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_Soler) and starring [Jorge Negrete](/source/Jorge_Negrete), [Pedro Armendáriz](/source/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz), [Andrés Soler](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Soler) and [Rebeca Iturbide](/source/Rebeca_Iturbide). This film marked the film debut of the actress and singer [Rosa de Castilla](/source/Rosa_de_Castilla). It is a autoparody of the film released the same year, ''[The Three Happy Friends](/source/The_Three_Happy_Friends)''.<ref>Wilt p.160</ref><ref>Gennari p.86</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) [José Rodríguez Granada](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Granada). It is part of the tradition of [Ranchera](/source/Ranchera) films, popular during the [Golden Age of Mexican Cinema](/source/Golden_Age_of_Mexican_Cinema).

==Cast==
* [Jorge Negrete](/source/Jorge_Negrete) as 	Pancho Mireles
* [Pedro Armendáriz](/source/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz) as 	Baldomero Mireles
* [Andrés Soler](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Soler) as 	Don Juan Mireles
* [Rebeca Iturbide](/source/Rebeca_Iturbide) as 	Diana
* [Wolf Ruvinskis](/source/Wolf_Ruvinskis) as 	Freddy 
* [Lucrecia Muñoz](/source/Lucrecia_Mu%C3%B1oz) as 	Chica dispara rifle
* [Tito Novaro](/source/Tito_Novaro) as Jugador cantina
* [Armando Velasco](/source/Armando_Velasco) as 	Agente policía
* [Georgina González](/source/Georgina_Gonz%C3%A1lez) as 	Chica pide canción
* [Manuel Trejo Morales](/source/Manuel_Trejo_Morales) as 	Hombre cantina
* [Mario Llanes](/source/Mario_Llanes) as 	Esbirro de Freddy 
* [Rogelio Fernández](/source/Rogelio_Fern%C3%A1ndez) as 	Jugador cantina
* [Agustín Fernández](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(actor)) as 	Jugador cantina
* [Rosa de Castilla](/source/Rosa_de_Castilla) as 	Lolita

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* Gennari, Daniela Treveri. ''The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative New Cinema Histories''. Springer Nature, 2023.
* Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1951-1952''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.
* Wilt, David E. ''The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001''. McFarland, 2024.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0282214}}

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Category:1952 films
Category:Mexican musical films
Category:1952 musical films
Category:Mexican comedy  films
Category:1952 comedy films
Category:1952 Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Julián Soler
Category:Mexican black-and-white films
Category:1952 Mexican films
Category:Estudios Churubusco films

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