Tívoli is a 1974 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Alberto Isaac and starring Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Lyn May and Carmen Salinas. Loosely based on the true story of the last days of the Teatro Tívoli (Mexico City), an infamous variety theatre which had its heyday in the 1940s and early 1950s in Mexico City, the film, as its opening text claims, rather than give an historical account, aspires to evocate, in a nostalgic and humorous way, the atmosphere of the lively nightlife of that period, "which has disappeared forever." Interweaved with burlesque performances with colorful costumes and sets, seductive stripteases and comedic variety acts, the film's main plot tells how a plan to tear down the theater by politicians, city officials, and property developers is met with resistance by the entertainers.
Cast
Alfonso Arau as Tiliches
Pancho Córdova as Jesús Quijano "Quijanito"
Lyn May as Eva Candela
Carmen Salinas as Chapas
Mario García "Harapos" as himself
Héctor Ortega as lawyer Félix Pantoja "Cacomixtle"
Dorotea Guerra as Lilí
Ernesto Gómez Cruz as engineer Reginaldo T.
Dámaso Pérez Prado as himself
The Dolly Sisters as themselves
Don Facundo as himself
José Wilhelmy "Willy" as himself
Gina Morett as Mimí Manila
Paco Müller as Bulmaro
Consuelo Quezada as dwarf
Margarito Alfaro as dwarf
Zuzy D'Tornell as Naná
Alfredo Soto as devil
Germán Funes as gay man
José Luis Aguirre "Trotsky" as Waikiki nightclub emcee
Juan José Martínez Casado as Pueyo
Roberto Corell as Tarragón
Gerardo Zepeda as Criaturón
Dai Won Moon as Chi
Xavier Fuentes as stage director
Mario Zebadúa "Colocho" as blind man
Carolina Barret as Ms. Quijano
Alberto Mariscal as city's mayor
Paloma Zozaya as showgirl
Armando Pascual as Lupe
Sara Guasch as dress shop owner
Manuel Alvarado as orchestra leader
Federico González as traffic cop
Juan Garza as bodyguard
Elsa Benn
"Chino" Ibarra as trumpeter
Cristal
Paco Sañudo as performer
Regino Herrera as man in waiting room
Nathanael León as Sobera
Alfredo Gutiérrez as man with Reginaldo
Claudio Isaac as TV cameraman
León Michel as TV director
Miguel Ángel Ferriz nieto
Inés Murillo as doña Engracia
Ramiro Orci as police agent
Armando Duarte
Miguel Inclán hijo
Carlos Gómez
Lupita Peruyero
Héctor Kiev
Margarita Narváez "Fufurufa"
Jesús Duarte
Rubén Calderón