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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 Mexico'' (1938) * '' I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' El Ametralladora'' (1943) * ''Lightning in the South'' (1943) * '' Cinco fueron escogidos'' (1943) * '' The Escape'' (1944) * ''Saint Francis of Assisi'' (1944) * '' Pepita Jiménez'' (1946) * ''Strange Appointment'' (1947) * ''Madam Temptation'' (1948) * ''The Great Madcap'' (1949) * '' Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * ''Mi querido capitán'' (1950) * '' A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (1951) * '' Los enredos de una gallega'' (1951) * '' Northern Border'' (1953) * '' The Strange Passenger'' (1953) * '' The White Rose'' (1954) * ''The Price of Living'' (1954) * '' Take Me in Your Arms'' (1954) * '' Drop the Curtain'' (1955) * ''The King of Mexico'' (1956) * '' A Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Madcap
''El Gran Calavera'' ( ''The Great Madcap'') is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways. Plot Everyone takes advantage of Ramiro de la Mata (Fernando Soler Fernando Díaz Pavia (24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979), better known by the stage name Fernando Soler, was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican ...), a funny drunkard and rich widower. His daughter Virginia (Rosario Granados), and his son Eduardo ( Gustavo Rojo), as well as his lazy brother Ladislao ( Andrés Soler), and his sister-in-law Milagros (Maruja Grifell), all do nothing while living at Ramiro's expense. Gregorio (Francisco Jambrina), his other brother tries to help him by making everyone believe that Ramiro is financially ruined, forcing the family to look for jobs of their own. Cast Release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Esqueleto De La Señora Morales
''Skeleton of Mrs. Morales'' (Spanish: ''El Esqueleto de la señora Morales'') is a 1960 Mexican black comedy film based on Arthur Machen’s 1927 short story "The Islington Mystery". It is regarded by critics as one of the hundred best Mexican films of all time. In the film, a taxidermist is unhappily married to a religious fanatic who maliciously torments him. After the wife breaks his new camera, he poisons her to death and puts her skeleton on display. Plot Pablo Morales (Arturo de Córdova) is a cheerful taxidermist, who lives with his bitter, crippled, obsessive, and extremely religious wife Gloria (Amparo Rivelles). Pablo wants to have children, but Gloria does not. Gloria constantly rebuffs his amorous advances, and constantly belittles him by telling him that he stinks of dead animals. Her primary reason for existence seems to be maliciously annoying her husband. Pablo has been saving money to buy a camera, but Gloria takes the money Pablo was saving and gives it to th ... [...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 King Of Mexico
''The King of Mexico'' (Spanish:''El rey de México'') is a 1956 Mexican comedy film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza. Plot A local radio station decides to try out an experiment and offers the first homeless man that walks by the chance of becoming a millionaire for a day. The fortunate man, Pablo Rojas (Adalberto Martinez), sleeps with other homeless people on the floor of a shelter. After living a day of luxury, he returns to the shelter to tell his friends that the life of a millionaire was not much different from their own: They ate, slept and worked whenever they wanted; the only difference was that the rich had ulcers. Cast * Adalberto Martínez - Pablo Rojas * Silvia Derbez - Toña * Elda Peralta - Elda Negri * José Gálvez - Raúl Olmedo * Rafael Banquells - Actor en película * Nicolás Rodríguez - Don Abraham * Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English and Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop The Curtain
''Drop the Curtain'' (Spanish: ''Abajo el telón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Christiane Martel and Beatriz Saavedra.Lezcano, p. 98. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A man (Cantinflas) who works as a window cleaner in the city is eventually presented with the opportunity to clean the windows of a famous French actress, Lulu Duval (Christiane Martel), who is starring in a musical revue in an important theater. The actress's agent Julián (Alejandro Ciangherotti) steals her most precious jewel, a very valuable necklace, and the window cleaner is unjustly accused because he was cleaning the windows at the time, though the assistant and confidant of the famous actress, Anita (Beatriz Saavedra) believes in his innocence. The thief negotiates the necklace with the head of a criminal band that strikes the city ( Rafael Alcayde). The Police Commissioner (Víctor Alcocer) convinces the window cleaner to serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me In Your Arms (film)
''Take Me in Your Arms'' (in Spanish ''Llévame en tus brazos'') is a 1954 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho. Starred by Ninón Sevilla and Armando Silvestre. Plot In a little fisher's village in the Papaloapan River lives the fisher Pedro ( Andrés Soler) and his two daughters Rita (Ninón Sevilla) and Martha ( Rosenda Monteros). Rita loves a young man named José (Armando Silvestre) who has been fired from a sugar mill for organizing a strike. So, he and Rita can't marry soon. After a good fishing, all in the town celebrate a party. But Don Antonio (Julio Villarreal), the owner of the sugar mill, comes to collect Pedro the money that he lent him for a boat. As Pedro can't pay him, Don Antonio asks as pay to one of his daughters. Rita listens and she decides to go with Don Antonio to save her father and her sister. Before leaving, Rita makes love with José. When she leaves, José thinks that she has left him. Cast *Ninón Sevilla as Rita Rosales *Armando Silvestre as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Living
''The Price of Living'' (Spanish: ''El valor de vivir'') is a 1954 Mexican drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Arturo de Córdova, Rosita Quintana and María Douglas. It was the first Mexican film to be shot in 3-D film, 3D.Baugh p.116 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. Cast * Arturo de Córdova * Rosita Quintana * María Douglas * Julio Villarreal * Miguel Ángel Ferriz * José Baviera * José María Linares-Rivas * Delia Magaña * Otilia Larrañaga * Gilberto González (actor), Gilberto González * Nicolás Rodríguez (actor), Nicolás Rodríguez * Eva Beltri * Fernando Wagner * Miguel Manzano * José Silva (actor), José Silva * Ricardo Silva (actor), Ricardo Silva * Queta Lavat * Agustín Fernández (actor), Agustín Fernández * Antonio Bravo * Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi * José Pardavé * Enrique García Álvarez (actor), Enrique García Álvarez * Mercedes Pascual (actress), Mercedes Pascual References Bibliography * Baugh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Rose (1954 Film)
''The White Rose'' (Spanish: ''La rosa blanca'') is a 1954 Cuban-Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Fernández and Íñigo de Martino, and starring Roberto Cañedo, Gina Cabrera and Julio Capote.Mora p.260 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. It portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Cuban poet José Martí, a leading advocate of the country's independence from Spain. Cast * Roberto Cañedo as José Julián Martí Pérez * Gina Cabrera as Carmen Zayas Bazán * Julio Capote as José Julián Martí Pérez joven * Julio Villarreal as Mariano Martí * Dalia Íñiguez as Leonor Pérez * Andrés Soler as Miguel García Granados * Raquel Revuelta as Carmen Miyares de Mantilla * Rebeca Iturbide as Rosario de la Peña * Arturo Soto Rangel as José María Izaguirre * Rafael Alcayde as Francisco Zayas Bazán * Miguel Inclán as Manuel Altamirano * Manuel Arvide as Manuel Mantilla * Juan José Martínez Casado as * Raúl Díaz as Coronel Jiménez de Sandoval * Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Passenger
''The Strange Passenger'' (Spanish: ''La extraña pasajera'') is a 1953 Mexican mystery film directed by Fernando A. Rivero and starring Emilia Guiú, Víctor Manuel Mendoza and Tito Junco.Amador p.126 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Edward Fitzgerald. Cast References Bibliography * Amador, María Luisa. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1950s mystery films Mexican mystery films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando A. Rivero Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films Spanish-language mystery films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Border (film)
''Northern Border'' (Spanish: ''Frontera norte'') is a 1953 Mexican crime film directed by Vicente Oroná and starring Fernando Fernández, Evangelina Elizondo, and Víctor Parra.Noble p.154 Cast * Fernando Fernández as Carlos Gómez * Evangelina Elizondo as Rosaura * Víctor Parra as El baby * Dagoberto Rodríguez as Roberto Gómez * Gloria Mestre as Gloria * Arturo Martínez as Esbirro del baby * Raúl de Anda Jr. as Cato * Elisa Asperó as Sra. Gómez, madre de Carlos * Antonio Bravo as Abogado * Gilberto González as El Zurdo * Jaime Fernández as Jimmy * Federico Curiel as Detective policía * Roberto G. Rivera as Teodoro * Julio Sotelo as Comandante * María Gentil Arcos as Madre Lolita * Manuel Dondé * Jorge Arriaga as Ronco * Enrique del Castillo as Policía secreto * Agustín de Anda as Bolero / policía secreto * Lupe Carriles as Sirvienta en Tijuana * Manuel Casanueva as Jefe Durán * Arturo Cobo as Bailarín * Enedin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Enredos De Una Gallega
''Los enredos de una gallega'' ("The Entanglements of a Galician Woman") is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Soler and starring Niní Marshall and Fernando Soto. Plot Cándida (Niní Marshall) is a Galician woman who lives in Mexico and earns a living selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to be able to buy a restaurant, but she doesn't have enough money. In her quest to try to make it, she stumbles upon a scammer, Filogono (Fernando Soto). In a stroke of luck she wins the first prize of the lottery, but the bad luck for her continues because she cannot find the ticket. Cast * Niní Marshall as Cándida * Fernando Soto as Filogonio (as Fernando Soto "Mantequilla") * Joaquín Roche hijo as Beto * Ramón Gay as El Bicicletas * Sara Montes as Magda * Antonio Bravo as Don Severo * Nacho Contla as Don Feliciano * Eduardo Alcaraz as Don León * Aurora Ruiz as Doña María * Luis Badillo as Cándida's Yucatecan Boss * Emilio Brillas as Vacuum Cleaner Salesman * Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
