In Message Sat, 18 Jun 1994 20:42:54 +0200,
  Klaus Eder <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>Paulo Antonio Paranagua (not Pablo - he is Brazilian by origin and lives in
>Paris)
You are right.  That was an almost inexcusable typo in my part (or
linguistic slip, as the case may be).
 
>The best source, however, is the "Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano" by
>Emilio Garcia Riera (beginning only in 1929). The new edition (nine volumes)
>was published earlier this year.
 
Yes, Garcia Riera's work is extraordinary.  But, as you mention, his nine
 volumes deal
almost exclusively with the sound cinema, so for detailed information on the
 Mexican silent
cinema one has to go elsewhere.
 
Ana Lopez
Tulane University