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Adventures of Casanova (Mexico/USA, 1948)

Directed by Roberto Gavaldón 

This curious international co-production taps actor Arturo de Córdova’s suavity as a “Latin lover,” a type that he would later buck despite his facility for this sort of assignment.  Here, he mixes business with pleasure as exploited landowner Jacques Casanova, determined to expel invading Austrian forces from Sicily, between amorous liaisons with beautiful women (chiefly Lucille Bremer as the spirited daughter of the local governor).

Eagle-Lion Films, Inc. Producer: Leonard S. Picker. Screenwriter: Crane Wilbur, Walter Bullock, Karen DeWolf, based on a story by Crane Wilbur. Cinematographer: John Greenhalgh. Editor: Louis H. Sackin.  Cast: Arturo de Córdova, Lucille Bremer, Turhan Bey, John Sutton, George Tobias.

16mm, b/w, 83 min.