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Boom In The Moon
''Boom in the Moon'' ( es, El Moderno Barba Azul) ( en, The Modern-Day Bluebeard, italic=yes) is a 1946 Mexican comedy science fiction film directed by Jaime Salvador and starring Buster Keaton. The film is notable both as Keaton's only Mexican production and as the last time Keaton had star billing in a feature film. Plot Keaton plays an American soldier during World War II who escapes from an airplane crash over the Pacific Ocean. He is adrift for a long period and his face becomes covered in a scraggly beard. He arrives on a beach, believing he has landed in Japan, but he is actually in Mexico. He wanders into a fishing village and is promptly arrested under the mistaken belief that he is a wanted serial killer who marries and murders women (also known as a "bluebeard"). Keaton and another prisoner (Angel Garasa) are put in the custody of an aeronautics scientist who is planning to launch a manned rocket into outer space. The two prisoners, along with the scientist's assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Salvador
Jaime Salvador Valls (4 November 1901 – 18 October 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director of the Golden era of Mexican cinema. He is known for writing and directing various low-budget comedies, westerns, and rancheras. Selected filmography * ''Castillos en el aire'' (1938) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941, writer only) * '' Gran Hotel'' (1944, writer only) * '' Marina'' (1945) * ''A Day with the Devil'' (1945, writer only) * ''Boom in the Moon'', aka ''The Modern-Day Bluebeard'' (1946) * ''I Am a Fugitive'' (1946, writer only) * ''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (1947, writer only) * '' The Genius'' (1948, writer only) * '' The Magician'' (1949, writer only) * ''The Atomic Fireman'' (1952, writer only) * ''The Photographer'' (1953, writer only) * '' Here Are the Aguilares!'' (1957) * ''Se los chupó la bruja'' (1958) * ''Los muertos no hablan'' (1958) * '' Yo... el aventurero'' (1959) * ''Two Cheap Husbands'' (1960) * ''Qué perra vida'' (1962) * ''La señora Muerte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |