Neither Blood nor Sand

Neither Blood nor Sand (Spanish: Ni sangre, ni arena) is a 1941 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Cantinflas, Susana Guízar and Elvia Salcedo.[1] It was intended as a parody of the big-budget Hollywood film Blood and Sand, which portrays the world of bullfighting.

Neither Blood nor Sand
Directed byAlejandro Galindo
Produced byFrancisco Cabrera
Jacques Gelman
Santiago Reachi
Written byAlfredo B. Crevenna
Alejandro Galindo
Alfredo Robledo
Jaime Salvador
StarringCantinflas
Susana Guízar
Elvia Salcedo
Music byElías Breeskin
Fernando V. Silva
CinematographyGabriel Figueroa
Edited byCharles L. Kimball
Production
company
Posa Films
Release date
  • 22 May 1941 (1941-05-22) (Mexico)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

It was Cantinflas' second full feature film, and its popularity cemented his rising success. He did not get on well with the film's director, but bonded with his assistant Miguel M. Delgado who became his favourite director and directed many of his films.[1] Cantinflas rapidly followed the film with another success, The Unknown Policeman.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernandez.

Cast

gollark: Typing is far superior.
gollark: I try to avoid writing things by hand.
gollark: Meh.
gollark: "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz." (28 letters) "Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters) "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters) "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters) "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." (32 letters)These 8 are shorter and mostly better (stolen blatantly from Wikipedia).
gollark: The fox/dog one is among the *least* cool pangrams, honestly?

References

  1. Mora p. 53

Bibliography

  • Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896–2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.


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