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Cinema Of Spain
The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have therefore implemented measures aimed at supporting local film production and the movie theaters, which currently include the assurance of funding from the main television broadcasters. Nowadays, the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) is the State agency in charge of regulating the allocation of public funds to the domestic film industry. History The first Spanish film exhibition took place on 5 May 1895, in Barcelona. Exhibitions of Auguste and Louis Lumière, Lumière films were screened in Madrid, Málaga and Barcelona in May and December 1896, respectively. The matter of which Spanish film came first is in dispute. The first was either ''Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salida De La Misa De Doce De La Iglesia Del Pilar De Zaragoza
''Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza'' is an 1897 short silent film by Eduardo Jimeno, a pioneer of the Spanish cinema. This short film is probably the first one filmed in Spain by a Spaniard. Trivia This film's title in Spanish translates to "Exit of the Mass of the Twelve of the Church of the Pillar of Zaragoza" See also * Cinema of Spain The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have t ... * List of Spanish films before 1930 External links * * 1890s short documentary films 1897 films Spanish silent short films Spanish black-and-white films 1897 short films Films shot in Spain {{1890s-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Bourgeois
Gérard Bourgeois (born August 18, 1874, in Geneva, Switzerland (from French parents), and died December 15, 1944, in Paris, France) was a leading French film director during the silent era. After ten years in the theater, Gérard Bourgeois became artistic director of Lux-films. In 1911, he joined the company Pathé. He first filmed historical films (Cadoudal), then realistic films including the landmark 1911 film "Victimes de l'alcoolisme" (US: In The Grip of Alcohol), proclaimed by Moving Picture World as "The greatest moral dilemma ever made by any film manufacturerIn the Grip of Alcohol), before founding his own production company with René Mathey, Les Films MB (Bourgeois-Mathey). Bourgeois made 142 films between 1908 and 1925. He directed many of the popular Nick Winter comedy mysteries starring Georges Vinter in the early 1910s including 1911's "Nick Winter et le vol de la Joconde" about an attempt theft of the Mona LisaNick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa (1911) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperio Argentina
María Magdalena Nile del Río (26 December 1906 – 22 August 2003) was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999. María Magdalena Nile del Río was born to Antonio Nile (a guitar player, born in Gibraltar) and Rosario del Río (a native of Monda in the Province of Málaga). She performed onstage in her native Argentina, where she had a long and successful career. At that time, her stage name was ''Pettit Imperio''. But her most successful moments came after she moved to Spain. It was there that she changed her name to ''Imperio Argentina'', as a way to honor her "other country". While in Spain, del Río acted in many movies, and frequently worked in television and radio. She obtained Spanish citizenship in 1999. In 2001, she published her autobiography, "Malena Clara", written by playwright Pedro Víllora Death In January 2003, she suffered an angina attack and was admitted to the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florián Rey
Antonio Martínez del Castillo known professionally as Florián Rey was a Spanish director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed '' The Cursed Village'', widely recognized as a seminal work in silent Spanish cinema, and helped launch the career of famed Argentinian–Spanish actress Imperio Argentina. Early career While in his teens, Rey began work as a journalist for multiple newspapers in his home province of Zaragoza and nearby Madrid. It was during this time that he assumed the name Florián Rey. He took work as an actor, first in the theater in Madrid and then film. His first film role was in ''La inaccessible'' in 1920. Rey's directorial debut was with the film '' The Troublemaker'' in 1924. As with many of his early films, ''The Troublemaker'' was an adaptation of a zarzuela, a Spanish musical theater that was highly popular with the middle and lower classes of the late nineteenth century. In 1926, Rey, with Spanish director Juan de Orduña, created the production comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Film
Epic films have large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The term is slightly ambiguous, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply big-budget films. Like epics in the classical literary sense, it is often focused on a heroic character. An epic's ambitious nature helps to set it apart from other genres such as the period piece or adventure film. Epic historical films would usually take a historical or a mythical event and add an extravagant setting, lavish costumes, an expansive musical score, and an ensemble cast, which would make them extremely expensive to produce. The most common subjects of epic films are royalty and important figures from various periods in world history. Characteristics The term "epic" originally came from the poetic genre exemplified by such works as the '' Epic of Gilgamesh'' and the works of the Trojan War Cycle. In classical literature, epics are considered works focused on deeds or journeys of heroes upon which the fate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel électrique
''Hôtel électrique'' (also released in Spanish as ; ) is a 1908 silent French comedy-fantasy trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathé Frères. The short appears to be inspired by the 1907 American short film '' The Haunted Hotel''. Plot Laure and Bertrand arrive at the Electric Hotel, where a control board allows inanimate objects to come to life. For most of the film, the effects are used to perform tasks such as polishing shoes, styling hair and putting away luggage, to the two guests' great pleasure. At the end, a drunken concierge erratically throws switches that cause the system to go haywire, sending all of the hotel's furniture into a jumbled, chaotic mess. Background The film displays one of the earliest uses of stop motion animation in history, though it is not de Chomón's first try at this technique: his 1906 film, ''Le théâtre de Bob'', uses animated puppets. However, ''Hôtel électrique'' is also an early use of pixilation. Cast * Segundo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segundo De Chomón
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont ; 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé, Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context. Biography Born in Aragon (Spain), Segundo de Chomón reportedly got into film through the efforts of his French actress wife, Julienne Mathieu, who appeared in early Pathé-Frères, Pathé Frères productions and worked in some special effects Parisian workshops like Élisabeth and Berthe Thuillier, Thuillier's studio. Around 1900 he became an agent for Pathé Frères in Spain, publicizing and distributing their films out of Barcelona. In 1901, Chomón began producing actuality films in Spain on an independent basis and distributing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fructuós Gelabert
Fructuós Gelabert Badiella (1874–1955) was a Catalan inventor and screenwriter. He was also a film director, directing over 100 films. Early life Gelabert was born in Gràcia, then an independent municipality near Barcelona, into a craftsman family. His father’s work in woodworking and his own mechanical aptitude contributed to his later interest in filmmaking and invention. After encountering Edison’s kinetoscope in 1895 and the Lumière brothers' cinematograph in 1896, Gelabert was inspired to begin working in cinema. Career In 1897, Gelabert produced his first films, including "Salida de los trabajadores de la fábrica "La España Industrial" and "Salida del público de la iglesia parroquial de Santa María de Sants". That same year, he directed "Riña en un café", which is often recognized as the first narrative film produced in Spain. Gelabert gained international attention with a documentary depicting King Alfonso XIII’s visit to Barcelona in 1898, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riña En Un Café
''Riña en un café'' (Spanish: "Rush in a cafe") Spanish short silent film directed by Fructuós Gelabert. It is considered the first Spanish film with a plot. See also * Cinema of Spain The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have t ... * List of Spanish films before 1930 External links * 1897 films Spanish silent films Spanish black-and-white films {{1890s-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
