Traces of the Past

Traces of the Past is a 1950 Mexican drama film, directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Libertad Lamarque, alongside Emilia Guiú, José María Linares-Rivas and Xavier Loyá. The film's art direction was by Edward Fitzgerald. The film is considered one of Lamarque's "mother melodramas" that she made in Mexico. Plot Isabel (Libertad Lamarque) is a woman who left behind her career as a singer to marry lawyer Federico Montero (José María Linares-Rivas). Isabel's past as a singer torments Federico, who finds it immoral, and after an incident following Isabel's chance encounter with a former boyfriend, he leaves her, taking their son Raúl away from her. Years pass, and Isabel, who in the meantime reassumed her career as a singer as "Issa Valetti", upon learning of Federico's death, goes searching for Raúl. She eventually finds the now grown up Raúl (Xavier Loyá), who now has become a hard-drinking man who hates his mother despite having no memory of her, and is in a relationship with Amanda (Emilia Guiú), a gold-digger. With Raúl unaware about the relationship he has with Isabel (only knowing her as famous singer Issa Valetti), Isabel tries to change his mind about his mother, but to her dismay, she finds out that Raúl has fallen in love with her "Issa Valetti" persona. Cast Libertad Lamarque as Isabel / Issa Valetti Emilia Guiú as Amanda José María Linares-Rivas as Federico Montero Xavier Loyá as Adult Raúl Francisco Jambrina as Marcos José Pidal as Vázquez, impresario Alejandro Ciangherotti as Antonio Quintero María Gentil Arcos as Lupe, nanny Amparo Arozamena as Pepita Meneses y Francioli Victorio Blanco as Theater man (uncredited) Gloria Cansino as Theater employee (uncredited) Elisa Christy as Gloria (uncredited) Álvaro Matute as Theater employee (uncredited) Roberto Meyer as Police Commissioner (uncredited) Nicolás Rodríguez Jr. as Child Raúl (uncredited) Rafael Torres as Carlo (uncredited) Acela Vidaurri as Theater employee (uncredited) References