Viva Mauricio
November 16th, 2009
Immaculately dressed, every salt-and-pepper hair in place, sporting a Clark Gable moustache, Mauricio Garcés starred in a series of saucy comedies in the 60s and 70s, in the role of a mature and world-weary seducer, famous for lines of dialogue like “Debe ser horrible tenerme y después perderme” (It must be horrible to have me and then lose me) and “Dios sabe que tengo miles de razones por ser vanidoso” (God knows I have thousands of reasons to be vain). He died in 1989, but in the hearts of many lives on: Recently I saw this stencil of him on a wall in the Colonia Del Valle.
Labels: Cinema, Mexico City, Mexico City nightlife
3 Responses to “Viva Mauricio”
By Judy on Nov 16, 2009
The one and only. He was from Lebanese descent. There is a facebook application that dispenses his pearls of wisdom personally to you, like an oracle.
He was our David Niven, but even funnier.
The best.
By sanmiguelense on Nov 16, 2009
retechidisimo!
By alex flores on Nov 18, 2009
hey thanks for this! Love the notes on popular culture.