Black Is My Color (1951)

Negro Es Mi Color (literally translates to "Black Is My Color"), the 1951 Tito Davison Mexican racial musical melodrama (about a light-skinned Mexican woman with dark-skinned parents who passes as "white"; a Mexican version of "Imitation of Life")

Cast (13)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Marga López

Luna / Blanca del Río

Rita Montaner

Rita

Roberto Cañedo

Fernando Acuña

Freddy Fernández 'El Pichi'

Freddy

José María Linares Rivas

Álvaro

L

Los Panchos

Trio (as Trío Los Panchos)

R

Raquel Macedas

Novia de Freddy

X

Xavier Massé

Eric

Jorge Treviño

Don Carlos Robinatti

Charles Rooner

Capitán

E

Eduardo Acuña

Sacerdote

Andrés Soler

Doctor

Miguel Torruco

Alberto Rivera

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