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 Tívoli, 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.
Alfonso Arau as TilichesPancho Córdova as Jesús Quijano "Quijanito"Lyn May as Eva CandelaCarmen Salinas as ChapasMario García "Harapos" as himselfHéctor Ortega as lawyer Félix Pantoja "Cacomixtle"Dorotea Guerra as LilíErnesto Gómez Cruz as engineer Reginaldo T.Dámaso Pérez Prado as himselfThe Dolly Sisters as themselvesDon Facundo as himselfJosé Wilhelmy "Willy" as himselfGina Morett as Mimí ManilaPaco Müller as BulmaroConsuelo Quezada as dwarfMargarito Alfaro as dwarfZuzy D'Tornell as NanáAlfredo Soto as devilGermán Funes as gay manJosé Luis Aguirre "Trotsky" as Waikiki nightclub emceeJuan José Martínez Casado as PueyoRoberto Corell as TarragónGerardo Zepeda as CriaturónDai Won Moon as ChiXavier Fuentes as stage directorMario Zebadúa "Colocho" as blind manCarolina Barret as Ms. QuijanoAlberto Mariscal as city's mayorPaloma Zozaya as showgirlArmando Pascual as LupeSara Guasch as dress shop ownerManuel Alvarado as orchestra leaderFederico González as traffic copJuan Garza as bodyguardElsa Benn"Chino" Ibarra as trumpeterCristalPaco Sañudo as performerRegino Herrera as man in waiting roomNathanael León as SoberaAlfredo Gutiérrez as man with ReginaldoClaudio Isaac as TV cameramanLeón Michel as TV directorMiguel Ángel Ferriz nietoInés Murillo as doña EngraciaRamiro Orci as police agentArmando DuarteMiguel Inclán hijoCarlos GómezLupita PeruyeroHéctor KievMargarita Narváez "Fufurufa"Jesús DuarteRubén Calderón