A Woman of No Importance () is a 1945 Argentine comedy drama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Luis Bayón Herrera and starring Mecha Ortiz, Santiago Gómez Cou, Golde Flami. The film is based on Oscar Wilde's 1894 play A Woman of No Importance with the action moved from London to Córdoba in central ArgentinaTanitch p.206 and was consequently "not considered a good possibility for U. S. exhibition".
Cast Mecha Ortiz as Raquel Miramar Santiago Gómez Cou as Jorge Nájera Golde Flami as Sra. Allamby Hugo Pimentel as Gerardo Miramar Lidia Denis as Esther Jaunarena Blanca Vidal as Juana Lucía Barause as Vecina Sara Barrié as Carolina Yolanda Alessandrini as Sra.Sutfield Yuki Nambá as Vecina 2 Lea Briand as Mujer 1 Margarita Burke as Mujer 2 César Mariño as Juan Carlos Enríquez Carlos A. Gordillo Luis Quiles Fanny Stein
Critical reception A review in El Bien Público found that the production remained too close to the play and lacked proper cinematic features.
The film is also listed in the Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos as one of the "unnecessary" literary adaptations that Spanish and Argentine screenwriters wrote during the 1940s.
References
Bibliography Tanitch, Robert. Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen. Methuen Publishing, 1999.
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