Picture a young mother roaming the streets – tears welling from dull eyes crazed with misery, laughter harsh and shrill from a breast numb with pain.
Picture a mad mother dogging little children in the streets, hoping each little girl was her own, believing each sleeping infant her dead baby.
Picture her stark mad, placed behind asylum bars, not because she was violent… she had hurt no one, but she disturbed the peace… her mind living over and over again a past dead . .of a home bright with childish laughter and filled with the love of a man who had to die at sea … of peace destroyed by vile minds and jealous tongues… and of dead! This is "Dolores"
Gloria Imperial, whose poignant melancholic beauty had won for her the very dramatic role of the young insane mother, stamps her name henceforth with genuine greatness. You will cry with her in "Dolores”, it will be the only way to ease the pain with which she will touch your hearts. Reynaldo Dante, as the man whose love brings her both misery and happiness, stars with Miss Imperial.
Lovely starlets, Lina Alva and Rosa del Mar add in no little way to the beauty and quality of this picture. Armando Cris and Antonia Santos give their usual vivid and excellent best to important supporting roles. Lina Rosales, whose heart is as lovable and sweet as she is ugly, will endear herself to more fans in "Dolores". She and Motio, that funny man, give splendid and well measured comedy relief.
C. and S. Osorio, that writing and directorial team, will win much praise and genuine appreciation from fans with this picture, their first production as a team.
(The Tribune, January 20, 1938)
The movie was released and shown at Fox Theater, January 20, 1939.
"Dolores" (1939)
A Parlatone Production
Release Date January 20, 1939/ Fox Theater
Story and Direction C. and S. Osorio
Cast Gloria Imperial, Reynaldo Dante, with Armando Cris, Lina Alva, Rosa del Mar, Lina Rosales and Motio
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