Red Cross Girls

Red Cross Girls (Spanish: Las chicas de la Cruz Roja) is a 1958 Spanish film directed by Rafael J. Salvia. It is a musical romantic comedy.

Red Cross Girls
Spanish	Las chicas de la Cruz Roja
Written by	Rafael J. Salvia Pedro Masó
Produced by	Pedro Masó
Starring	Antonio Casal Luz Márquez Mabel Karr Concha Velasco Tony Leblanc Katia Loritz Arturo Fernández Ricardo Zamora Jr.
Cinematography	Alejandro Ulloa
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Augusto Algueró
Distributed by	Compañía Industrial Film Español S.A.
Release date	5 November 1958 (1958-11-05) (Madrid)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Spain

Plot

Four women from different social backgrounds - Julia (Luz Márquez), Isabel (Mabel Karr), Paloma (Concha Velasco) and Marion (Katia Loritz) - meet in Madrid while soliciting donations for the Red Cross, attracting men and becoming good friends in the process.^[1]

Cast

• Antonio Casal as Andrés
• Luz Márquez as Julia
• Mabel Karr as Isabel
• Concha Velasco as Paloma
• Tony Leblanc as Pepe
• Katia Loritz as Marion
• Arturo Fernández as Ernesto
• Ricardo Zamora Jr. as León

Reception

The film critic Lorenzo Hortelano considered Red Cross Girls one of the best examples of the "well-meaning, humorous and nostalgic popular"^[2] Spanish cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, following a romantic narrative set against a background that "praises "the joy of the 'modern' Madrid of the fifties."^[2]

In the 1980s some Spanish critics dismissed this film's genre as “silly comedies” that presented a false view of Spanish life.^[3]

Soundtrack

The main theme, composed by Augusto Algueró became a popular hit in Spain.^[4]