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Red Cross Girls
''Red Cross Girls'' (Spanish: ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'') is a 1958 Spanish film directed by Rafael J. Salvia. It is a musical romantic comedy. Plot Four women from different social backgrounds - Julia (Luz Márquez), Isabel (Mabel Karr), Paloma (Concha Velasco) and Marion (Katia Loritz) - meet in Madrid while soliciting donations for the Red Cross, attracting men and becoming good friends in the process. Cast * Antonio Casal as Andrés * Luz Márquez as Julia * Mabel Karr as Isabel * Concha Velasco as Paloma * Tony Leblanc as Pepe * Katia Loritz as Marion * Arturo Fernández as Ernesto * Ricardo Zamora Jr. as León Reception The film critic Lorenzo Hortelano considered ''Red Cross Girls'' one of the best examples of the "well-meaning, humorous and nostalgic popular" Spanish cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, following a romantic narrative set against a background that "praises "the joy of the 'modern' Madrid of the fifties." In the 1980s some Spanish critics dismissed this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael J
Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) (Rafael Pires Vieira), Brazilian football striker * Rafael (footballer, born 1979) (Rafael da Silva Santos), Brazilian football defender * Rafael (footballer, born 1980) (Rafael Pereira da Silva), Brazilian football right-back * Rafael (footballer, born March 1982) (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Rafael (footballer, born August 1982) (Rafael dos Santos Silva), Brazilian football striker * Rafael (footballer, born 1984) (Alberto Rafael da Silva), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Rafael (footballer, born 1986) (Rafael Diego de Souza), Brazilian football centre-back * Rafael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Masó
Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 January 1927 in Madrid; died 23 September 2008 in Madrid) was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter. His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the Estudios Chamartín in Madrid. There he performed many jobs, until he was made chief of production in 1953. In 1962 he founded his own production company, Pedro Masó Producciones Cinematográficas, with which he produced some of the biggest commercial successes of Spanish film, including '' Atraco a las tres'', '' Vacaciones para Ivette'', '' Un millón a la basura'' and '' La familia bien, gracias''. In 1986 he created the firm Escorpio Films as a branch of Pedro Maso Producciones and subsequently produced his first feature-length movie, entitled ''El Tesoro'' with direction by Antonio Mercero and based on the novel of Miguel Delibes. From 1993 he directed and produced the series ''Compuesta y Sin Novio'' for the television station Antena 3, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Casal
Antonio Casal Rivadulla (10 June 1910 – 11 February 1974) was a Spanish film actor who appeared in over 50 films between 1941 and his death in 1974. Selected filmography External links * Spanish male film actors 1910 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luz Márquez
Luz Márquez (born María de la O García Márquez Soler; 12 December 1935 in Madrid, Spain), is a Spanish actress whose brief but intense acting career lasted ten years from 1956 to 1966. She appeared in more than 35 films, including '' Manolo Guardia Urbano'' (1956), '' 15 Bajo la Lona'' (1959), ''Adventures of the Bengal Lancers'' (1964), and the Audie Murphy film ''The Texican'' (1966). Marquez is best known for her role as Julia in the popular 1958 musical romance ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' ( eng, Red Cross Girls). Selected filmography * ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) * '' Listen To My Song'' (1959) * ''Call Esteban'' (1960) * ''The Two Little Rascals'' (1961) * '' Fuerte, Audaz y Valiente'' (1962) * ''El Rey Del Tomate'' (1963) * '' Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun'' (1966) * ''The Texican ''The Texican'' is a 1966 American Techniscope Western film produced and written by John C. Champion and directed by Lesley Selander. It is a paella western remake of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concha Velasco
Concepción Velasco Varona OAXS MML (born 29 November 1939), known professionally as Concha Velasco, or Conchita Velasco in her beginnings, is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career in film, theater and television spanning over six decades, including two National Theater Awards presented by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1972 and 2016, the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Spanish Television Academy in 2009 and the Honorary Goya Award presented by the Spanish Film Academy in 2012. Some of her credits include leading film performances in ''Red Cross Girls'' (1958), '' Los tramposos'' (1959), ''The Fair of the Dove'' (1963), ''Television Stories'' (1965), '' The Witching Hour'' (1985) and '' Beyond the Garden'' (1996); stage performances in ''¡Mamá, quiero ser artista!'', in several plays that author Antonio Gala wrote for her and in the Spanish productions of ''Filumena Marturano'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leblanc
Ignacio Fernández Sánchez (7 May 1922 – 24 November 2012) better known as Tony Leblanc was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian. Biography Tony Leblanc was born on the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family lived because of his father's employment as the museum's janitor. In his teens he was fond of boxing, becoming champion of the lightweight Castilla "amateur", while participating in amateur theatre. He was also a soccer player in the Third Division of Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel in which he scored 23 goals, making him the top scorer of the Third Division. Leblanc made his professional acting debut in 1944 with Celia Gámez's company. His earliest appearances on film were in ''Eugenia de Montijo'' (1944), '' Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945, Antonio Román), and ''Por el gran premio'' (1946, directed by Pierre-Antoine Caron). His greatest prominence was from about 1955 to 1965, in popular titles of Spanish cinema of the era such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katia Loritz
Katia Loritz (4 November 1932 – 16 August 2015), born Margrith Anna Loritz, was a Swiss-born Spanish-based actress. Biography Loritz was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. After her primary studies in her home town, she moved to Munich, where she studied dramatic arts. She moved to Spain in the mid-1950s and soon after started her Spanish movie career with the film, ''Las manos sucias'' (1957) With her next movie ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) by Rafael J. Salvia, which was successful at the box-office. She also painted and in her later years exhibited her work professionally. Loritz died in Madrid on 16 August 2015 due to lung cancer. Filmography *''Las manos sucias'' (1957), Teresa *''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958), Marion *'' Mi calle'' (1960), Carmela *''Litri and His Shadow'' (1960) *'' The Prince in Chains'' (1960) *''Kill and Be Killed ''Kill and Be Killed'' ( es, A hierro muere) is a 1962 Spanish-Argentine crime film directed by Manuel Mur Oti and writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Fernández Rodríguez
Arturo Fernández Rodríguez (21 February 1929 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1954. Life and work Fernández Rodríguez was born on 21 February 1929 in the city of Gijon, in Asturias. He started a professional career as a boxer, where he gained the nickname of "The tiger of the Piles". In 1952, he served in the military at Logroño; that summer he realized a course of escalation in Viguera's rocks, sleeping for one month in the schools of this town. He married the Isabel Sensat of Catalan in San Vicente of Montalt on 21 March 1967, and they separated in 1978. They had three children: Maria Isabel (1968), Arturo (1970) and Maria Dolores "Boby" (1975). Fernández Rodríguez underwent stomach surgery in April 2019. He recovered from the surgery, but shortly afterwards suffered a fall. His health deteriorated and he died on 4 July 2019 at a hospital in Madrid from complications related to the fall at the age of 90. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Ulloa
Alejandro Ulloa (22 October 1910 – 27 April 2004) was a Spanish actor. He was born in Madrid on 22 October 1910. He owned a theater company and in 1943, while working as a voice actor, he was the director of Metro Goldwin Mayer in Barcelona. His role debut was ''El Tenorio'' by José Zorrilla at Teatro Romea. He lived in Barcelona until the Spanish Civil War, when he moved to America with his company and Paquita Ferrándiz. When he came back to Spain he appeared in the Spaghetti Western '' Abre tu fosa, amigo... llega Sábata'' (1971), by Ignacio F. Iquino. He also appeared in ''Es peligroso asomarse al exterior'' and he was the cinematographer of ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'', ''El día de los enamorados'' and ''Las de Caín''. He died on 27 April 2004 in Hospital de Barcelona after being bedridden for seven months due to a fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Rojo
José Antonio Rojo (1923-1995) was a Spanish film editor.Cowie & Elley p.496 He worked on more than two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Mare Nostrum'' (1948) * '' Just Any Woman'' (1949) * '' Saturday Night'' (1950) * '' The Black Crown'' (1951) * ''Our Lady of Fatima'' (1951) * '' From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952) * '' The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952) * ''Airport'' (1953) *''I Was a Parish Priest''. (1953) * '' He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (1954) * '' An Andalusian Gentleman'' (1954) * '' Judas' Kiss'' (1954) * '' The Cock Crow'' (1955) * '' The Other Life of Captain Contreras'' (1955) * '' The Big Lie'' (1956) * '' Miracle of the White Suit'' (1956) * '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1956) * ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) * '' The Dance'' (1959) * '' Luxury Cabin'' (1959) * '' My Street'' (1960) * '' Plácido'' (1961) * ''The Gang of Eight'' (1962) * '' Aragonese Nobility'' (1965) * '' Seven Dollars on the Red'' (1966) * '' The Wild Ones of San Gil Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Algueró
Augusto Algueró Dasca (23 February 1934 – 16 January 2011) was a Spanish composer, arranger and music director. He wrote more than 500 songs and about 200 musical scores for films and television. Career Algueró was born in Barcelona, and studied both music and medicine. Among his most famous songs are "Penélope", which was performed by Joan Manuel Serrat, as well as "Noelia" by Nino Bravo, "Tómbola" by Marisol and "La chica yé-yé" by Concha Velasco. He wrote the in the Eurovision Song Contest at the , "Estando contigo" by Conchita Bautista. He was the musical director of the , which was held in Madrid, and also conducted "Catherine", sung by Romuald Figuier, representing and "Vivo Cantando", sung by Salomé, representing . "Vivo Cantando" tied for first place with other three songs with 18 points. This win marked Spain's second win in the contest and the first time that a country had won two years in a row. At the he conducted the Spanish entry, " Gwendolyne" sung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Red Cross And Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. Within it there are three distinct organisations that are legally independent from each other, but are united within the movement through common basic principles, objectives, symbols, statutes and governing organisations. History Foundation Until the middle of the nineteenth century, there were no organized or well-established army nursing systems for casualties, nor safe or protected institutions, to accommodate and treat those who were wounded on the battlefield. A devout Calvinist, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant traveled to Italy to meet then-French emperor Napoleon III in June 1859 with the intention of discussing difficulties in conducting business in Algeria, which at that time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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