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Alfredo Varela (actor)
Alfredo Varela Jr. (born Alfredo Varela Catalá; November 30, 1912 – May 1, 1986) was a Mexican screenwriter and actor best known for his comic screenplays. Selected filmography * '' Here's the Point'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * ''Divorced'' (1943) * ''María Eugenia'' (1943) * ''El Ametralladora'' (1943) * '' The War of the Pastries'' (1944) * ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945) *''Don't Marry My Wife'' (1947) * '' The Genius'' (1948) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * ''Only Veracruz Is Beautiful'' (1949) * ''Two Pesos Left'' (1949) * ''Love for Love'' (1950) * ''The Dangerous Age'' (1950) * '' We Maids'' (1951) * ''In the Flesh'' (1951) * ''My Wife Is Not Mine'' (1951) * ''The Cry of the Flesh'' (1951) * ''Dona Mariquita of My Heart'' (1953) * ''The Loving Women'' (1953) * '' My Father Was at Fault'' (1953) * ''The Bandits of Cold River'' (1956) * ''A Few Drinks'' (1958) * '' Vacations in Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dangerous Age (1950 Film)
''The Dangerous Age'' (Spanish: ''La edad peligrosa'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by José Díaz Morales and starring María Elena Marqués, Andrea Palma and Carlos Navarro.Riera p.197 It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Synopsis Two young woman go out to experience the world after being brought up in the sheltered life a convent. They move into a boarding house and one of them falls in love with a medical student. Cast * María Elena Marqués as Mercedes * Andrea Palma as Sor Antonia * Carlos Navarro as Luis Fernández * Patricia Morán as Patricia * Alfredo Varela as Apolonio Godinez * Manuel Dondé as Pedro Martínez * Cecilia Leger as doña Prudencia * María Gentil Arcos as Madre superiora * Eduardo Vivas as Professor manuel * Alfredo Varela padre as Padre Anselmo * Arturo Soto Rangel as Anciano borracho * Amparo Montes Amparo Meza Cruz (24 April 1920 – 12 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuelve El Ojo De Vidrio
('The Glass Eye Returns') is a 1970 Mexican revolution-epic film directed by René Cardona Jr., starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Manuel Capetillo, Eleazar García, Alejandro Reyna, and Guillermo Rivas. It is the sequel to the film . Plot Summary The story follows Porfirio and his band of loyal followers, including his brothers Gumaro, Chelelo, Plácido, and Jerónimo Buenavista, as they continue their fight against oppression and injustice in revolutionary Mexico. Porfirio's romantic interest María "La Coralillo" remains by his side as both a love interest and a fierce companion in their revolutionary activities. The plot centers around the group's conflict with Melitón Barbosa, a corrupt official who represents the ongoing political corruption that plagued Mexico during this period. As government forces under Carrancista soldiers pursue the revolutionary band, Porfirio must use his cunning, marksmanship, and leadership skills to protect his people and advance th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Casa De Las Muchachas
''La casa de las muchachas'' () is a 1969 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Amparo Rivelles, Enrique Rambal, Maura Monti, Gilda Mirós and Malú Reyes. Plot A Mexican, winner of the Nobel Prize, returns to the town where he was born. The local authorities, in tribute, decide to place a plaque on the house where he was born, only to realize that his birthplace is now the local brothel. Consequently, they try to ask the madame to leave the house with her prostitutes and she refuses, but when the honoree arrives, she and her pupils pass themselves as a widow and her decent daughters. From there, the man involuntarily transforms the brothel into a decent house. Reparto *Amparo Rivelles as Doña Marta * Enrique Rambal as Marcelo Ledón * Maura Monti as Ana Luisa "La Marquesa" * Gilda Mirós as Amalia "La Profe" * Malú Reyes * Héctor Lechuga as Commissioner * Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Ahumado Cienfuegos, chief of the fire department * Óscar Pulido as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ojo De Vidrio (1969 Film)
''El ojo de vidrio'' (''The Glass Eye'') is a 1969 Mexican revolution-epic film directed by René Cardona Jr., starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Manuel Capetillo, Eleazar García, Alejandro Reyna and Guillermo Rivas. With a backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the film recounts the story of former horse wrangler and bandit Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista, who becomes the subject of a popularly known ''corrido'' along with his four cousins, after being notoriously heroic for raiding rich landlords and helping the poor. Being each notable for having one eye as the result of an injustice, the five heroes meet two townswomen and a theater actor who helps them disguise for their various raids. As their last raid attack, they take vengeance to the man who caused their tragedy, and evade revolutionary troops who call for peace after Porfirio Díaz resigns and is exiled. ''El ojo de vidrio'', shot on location in Tayahua, Zacatecas, was a box-office hit in Mexican theaters and part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacations In Acapulco
''Vacations in Acapulco'' () is a 1961 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Antonio Aguilar, Ariadna Welter and Fernando Casanova.Riera p.372 The film's sets were designed by the art director Roberto Silva. It was shot in Eastmancolor. Cast * Antonio Aguilar as Antonio Aguilar * Ariadna Welter as Diana * Fernando Casanova as Enrique * Sonia Furió as Marga del Valle * Rafael Bertrand as Mario Martínez * Mapita Cortés as Ana María * Alfonso Mejía as Lencho * Fernando Luján as Pepe * Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as don Joaquín Gómez * Polo Ortín as Recien casado * Antonio Raxel as Tío James * Guillermo Hernández as Chofer de camión * Roxana Bellini as Roxana * Florencio Castelló as Don Venancio * Consuelo Monteagudo as Esposa de Venancio * Jorge Alzaga as Gerente hotel * Bucky Gutierrez as Maestra de modelos * Martha Elena Cervantes as Recien casada * Pedro de Aguillón as Pápa de niños * Antonio Prieto as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Few Drinks
''A Few Drinks'' (Spanish: ''Cuatro copas'') is a 1958 Mexican musical film written and directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Libertad Lamarque, Miguel Aceves Mejía and Raúl Ramírez. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerzso. Cast *Libertad Lamarque as Eugenia Pavel * Miguel Aceves Mejía as Miguel *Raúl Ramírez as Jorge del Río * Miguel Manzano as Felipe *Leonor Llausás as Elena *Celia Tejeda as cook * as doctor * Amparo Arozamena as Panfilo's employee *Alberto Catalá as producer * as maid * as Don Panfilo *Antonio Bravo Antonio Bravo (12 May 1906 – 28 February 1992) was a Spanish-born Mexican film and television actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.159 He appeared in more than a hundred and forty productions during a lengthy career. Selected filmography * '' Beautiful ... as Señor Núñez *Julián Colman * as announcer * Guillermo Hernández as man with a mug * José Muñoz as Don Melquiades *Francisco Pando as bartender *Carlos Robles Gil as Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bandits Of Cold River
''The Bandits of Cold River'' () is a 1956 Mexican western film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Luis Aguilar, César del Campo and Dagoberto Rodríguez.Beezley & Curcio p.84 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Juan Robreño * César del Campo as Fernando de los Monteros, Marqués de Valle Alegre * Dagoberto Rodríguez as Evaristo * Fernando Casanova as Marcos, adulto * Rita Macedo as Mariana del Sauz * Fernando Soto as Hilario * Prudencia Grifell as Agustina * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Padre de Juan * Alfredo Varela as Lic. Lamparilla * Víctor Velázquez as Coronel Barinelli * Ernesto Finance as Señor presidente * Georgina Barragán as Doña Cecilia * Lupe Inclán as Yerbera * Enriqueta Reza as Yerbera * Berta Cervera as Tule, sirvienta * Rogelio Fernández as Emperador, militar * Manuel Vergara 'Manver' as José el tuerto * Carmen Manzano as Pantaleona, criada de Cecilia * José Chávez as Tender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father Was At Fault
''My Father Was at Fault'' (Spanish: ''Mi papá tuvo la culpa'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by José Díaz Morales and starring Meche Barba, Antonio Aguilar and Óscar Pulido.Amador p.128 Cast * Meche Barba * Antonio Aguilar * Óscar Pulido * Famie Kaufman * Alfredo Varela * Carlota Solares * Otilia Larrañaga * Maty Huitrón * Ana Bertha Lepe * Víctor Alcocer * Humberto Rodríguez * María Alejandra María Alejandra or Marialejandra is a Hispanic feminine given name that may refer to *María Alejandra Bravo (born 1961), Mexican biochemist * María Alejandra Guzmán (born 1984), Dominican TV and radio hostess, actress and model *María Alejandr ... References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1953 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by José Díaz Morales Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loving Women
''The Loving Women'' (Spanish: ''Las cariñosas'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Amalia Aguilar, Lilia del Valle and Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (12September 193128November 2024) was a Mexican actress. She began her career in theatre before venturing into cinema in 1949. She became one of the greatest female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and, with her p ....Amador p.140 Cast References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1953 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Cortés Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dona Mariquita Of My Heart
''Dona Mariquita of My Heart'' (Spanish: ''Doña Mariquita de mi corazón'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Pardavé, Silvia Pinal and Fernando Fernández.Agrasánchez p.258 Cast * Joaquín Pardavé as Ubaldo * Silvia Pinal as Paz Alegre * Fernando Fernández as Adolfo; Javier * Perla Aguiar as Mari Tere * Agustín Isunza as Leo * Óscar Pulido as Rogelio * Fanny Schiller as doña Micaela * Alfredo Varela as José Luis * Gloria Mange as Marisa * Emperatriz Carvajal as doña Mariquita * José Chávez * María Herrero as Rosa, sirvienta * Francisco Llopis * Carlos Robles Gil as Hombre bailando en cabaret * Manuel Trejo Morales * Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cry Of The Flesh
''The Cry of the Flesh'' (Spanish: ''El grito de la carne'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Fernando Soler and Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and starring Soler, Rosario Granados and Gustavo Rojo. Amador p.49 The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Soler was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actor. Synopsis An experienced, established actor takes an interest in the career of an aspiring actress and comes to fall in love with her. Cast * Fernando Soler as Guillermo de la Mora * Rosario Granados as Lidia * Gustavo Rojo as Roberto * Antonio Monsell as Paco * Sara Guasch as Beatriz Perez * Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * ''Another Dawn (1943 film), Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''The Abandoned (1945 film), The Abandoned' ... as La Balzatti * Elda Peralta as Lupe * Elodia Hernández as Caracteristi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
