Beau Ideal (1948 film)

Beau Ideal
Directed by	Alejandro Galindo
Written by	Alejandro Galindo Salvador Novo
Based on	Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren
Produced by	José M. Noriega
Starring	Conchita Martínez Rodolfo Landa Alejandro Ciangherotti
Cinematography	José Ortiz Ramos
Edited by	Jorge Bustos
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production company	Ramex Films
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures de México
Release date	25 December 1948 (1948-12-25)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Beau Ideal (Spanish: Hermoso ideal) is a 1948 Mexican adventure film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Conchita Martínez, Rodolfo Landa and Alejandro Ciangherotti. It is an adaptation of the 1927 novel Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren, previously made into a 1931 American film of the same title. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo.

Cast

• Conchita Martínez as Isabel Rubio
• Rodolfo Landa as Rafael Landa y Rincón / Rafael del Rey
• Alejandro Ciangherotti as Pablo Argote
• Alejandro Cobo as Capitán
• Manuel Arvide as Don Agustin Landa y Rincón
• José Ortiz de Zárate as Don Luis Argote
• Lily Aclemar as Bailarina
• Aurora Walker as Tía de Isabel
• José Baviera as Emir
• Juan Calvo as Don Pedro Rubio
• Francisco Reiguera as Jacobo Levine
• Ramón Vallarino as Ramón
• Rodolfo Acosta as Legionario
• Roberto Cañedo as Legionario
• Nicolás Rodríguez as Espectador sevillano

Bibliography

• Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946-1948. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992
• Wilt, David E. The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland, 2024.

External links

• Beau Ideal at IMDb