In the field of Spanish silent cinema, the comic genre's films were just as numerous as they were appreciated by the public. Although most of them have not reached us, some examples preserved in the Spanish film archive prove the inventiveness and skillfulness of local filmmakers. Among them, it is worth mentioning El heredero de Casa Pruna and Benítez quiere ser torero. The former was directed by Segundo de Chomón in 1904 and belongs to the genre of 'persecution' films, of which its specific features are a model example. The same filmic skill characterizes Ángel García Cardona's Benítez quiere ser torero, a 1910 film which has a higher narrative and formal complexity.... [Leer más...]