01 Jul 1924
The Passionate Adventure
A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
Pepita Jimenez
On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary. He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation, to have him ready to return in the fall to finish his training for the priesthood. He mentions in passing that his father is courting a twenty-year-old, attractive widow, Pepita Jiménez; his father is fifty-five years old. Pepita had been married for only a short time to an eighty-year-old moneylender named Gumersindo. Luis is not eager to see his father marry again, but he promises his uncle not to judge Pepita before he knows her.
Top Billed Cast
Rosita Díaz Gimeno Pepita Jimenez
Ricardo Montalban Luis Vargas
Fortunio Bonanova Don Pedro Vargas
Consuelo Guerrero de Luna Antonieta
Carlos Orellana Padre Belisario
Rafael Alcayde Conde
José Morcillo Don Gumersindo
Antonio Bravo Poeta
Manuel Noriega Ceferino
Conchita Sáenz Tía Casilda
Manuel Pozos Don Hermogenes
Luis Mussot Don Onofre
Julio Villarreal Tío cura
Columba Domínguez Joven andaluza (uncredited)
Ana María Hernández Invitada a bienvenida de Luis (uncredited)
María Valdealde Invitada a bienvenida de Luis (uncredited)
Consuelo Monteagudo Invitada a boda (uncredited)
Hernán Vera Invitado a boda (uncredited)
Concepción Martínez Pueblerina en funeral (uncredited)
Francisco Ledesma (uncredited)
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