Caridad Bravo Adams

“Una pregunta a Caridad Bravo Adams”, Interview with Caridad Bravo Adams
Suplemento “El derecho de nacer”, No. 2, Revista Radio Guía, Havana, 1949.
Cuban Heritage Collection – University of Miami Libraries

One of the most prolific writers of radionovelas, Caridad Bravo Adams wrote stories that transcended decades and media. Her scripts were versioned as films, and later as telenovelas. Some of them were also published as books, available in many libraries across the US during the 1960s.

La mentira | Lobby Card, 1952
Film adaptation based on the story by Caridad Bravo Adams
Starring Marga López, Jorge Mistral, Gina Cabrera & Alberto González Rubio
Directed by Juan José Ortega
Produced by Compañía Cinematográfica Mexicana
Colección Filmoteca UNAM

Estafa de amor | Lobby Card, 1954
Film adaptation based on the story by Caridad Bravo Adams
Starring Elsa Aguirre, Carmen Montejo, Ramón Gay and Eduardo Noriega
Directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Produced by Filmadora Chapultepec S.A.
The Telenovela Archives Collection

Pecado mortal [Mortal Sin] | Lobby Card, 1955
Film adaptation based on the story by Caridad Bravo Adams
Starring Gloria Marín, Silvia Pinal, Victor Junco, Ramón Gay
Directed Miguel M. Delgado | Produced by Filmadora Chapultepec S.A.
The Telenovela Archives Collection

Sources:

Bohemia, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries
Carteles, Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí

Fuste Show, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries

The Origins of Telenovelas: Serialized Fiction in Cuba Before the Revolution

Knowledge Mobilization and Research-Creation project developed by Constanza Burucúa with support of Western Research – The University of Western Ontario.