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Armando Bó
Armando Bó (3 May 19148 October 1981) was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer. He began his career as an actor and producer during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1956, Bó met Isabel Sarli and cast her as the lead actress in his film '' Thunder Among the Leaves'' (1957), in which she made the first full frontal nude in the history of Argentine cinema. Bó and Sarli became both romantic and commercial partners, and the duo turned to the sexploitation genre in the 1960s and 1970s, these films being considered emblematic of the genre. Bó's son is the actor/producer Víctor Bó and his grandson is the screenwriter and director Armando Bó. Biography Bó began acting for film in 1939 in '' Ambición'' and made some 50 film appearances as an actor, but by the late 1940s he had already taken up an interest in film production and began as a director, producer, actor, and screenwriter in the early 1950s. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Heinrich
Annemarie Heinrich (9 January 1912 – 22 September 2005) was a German-born naturalized Argentine photographer, who specialized in portraits and nude photographs. Heinrich is considered one of Argentina's most important photographers. She is known for having photographed various celebrities of Argentine cinema, such as Tita Merello, Carmen Miranda, Zully Moreno and Mirtha Legrand; as well as other cultural personalities like Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda and Eva Perón. She also photographed landscapes, city scenes, animals, and abstracts. Her photographs of South America hold significant ethnographic value, showing changes to the area through the 20th century. Early life Heinrich was born in Darmstadt. She went to school in Berlin, before moving to Larroque, Entre Ríos Province, with her family in 1926, her father having been injured during the First World War. Heinrich studied dance, music, and scenography, which would contribute to her distinctive photographic style and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder In The Leaves
''Thunder Among the Leaves'' () is a 1958 Argentine-Paraguayan drama film directed by Armando Bó, starring himself, Isabel Sarli, Ernesto Báez and Andrés Laszlo. The screenplay by Paraguayan writer Augusto Roa Bastos was based on his short story . Set in Paraguay, the story is about a strike at a sawmill. The first film to feature full frontal nudity in Latin American cinema, ''Thunder Among the Leaves'' scandalized audiences and became a major box office success on the continent. It rocketed Sarli to stardom and is now considered a cult classic. Synopsis The arrival of the boss's young wife unearths laborer tensions accumulated after many years of deprivation and maltreatment. The story is a social drama about the exploitation of man. Cast *Armando Bó as Julio Guillén *Isabel Sarli as Flavia Forkel *Andrés Laszlo as Max Forkel *Ernesto Báez as Capanga *Félix Ribero *Luis Leguisamón *Eladio Martínez *Leandro S. Cacavelos *Roque Centurión Miranda *Aníbal Romero *Matía ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Más Infeliz Del Pueblo
EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in the Superman dynasty * E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él ''(Lucerito album), a 1982 album by Lucerito * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from the album '' Caminando'' * "Él" (Lucía song), the Spanish entry performed by Lucía in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Other media * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (film), a 1953 film by Luis Buñuel based on the 1926 novel * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 1991 Japanese adult visual novel * EL TV, an Azerbaijani regional television channel Companies and organizations * Estée Lauder Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodies Of America
''Melodies of America'' (Spanish:''Melodías de América'') is a 1941 Argentine musical comedy film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, directed by Eduardo Morera and starring José Mojica, Silvana Roth and June Marlowe.Melgosa p.55 It was intended as an Argentine response to the Latin-American themed films produced by Hollywood as part of the Good Neighbor policy. Synopsis A group of Argentine filmmakers struggle to make a film with a Panamerican theme. They eventually manage to raise the finances for the film and hire a famous Mexican singer to star in it. On the boat down he meets and falls in love with a poor woman from Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, an American actress who has failed in Hollywood attempts to get a role in the production. Cast * José Mojica * Silvana Roth * June Marlowe * José Ramirez * Armando Bó * Carmen Brown * Pedro Quartucci * María Santos * Bola de Nieve Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball''; 11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragata Sarmiento
ARA ''Presidente Sarmiento'' is a museum ship in Argentina, originally built as a training ship for the Argentine Navy and named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the seventh President of Argentina. It is considered to be the last intact cruising training ship from the 1890s. History The ship was originally built for the Argentine Naval Academy. ARA ''Presidente Sarmiento'' made thirty seven annual training cruises including six circumnavigations of the globe. The ship was retired as a seagoing vessel in 1938, but continued to serve without sails on Argentine rivers around 1950 and as a stationary training ship until 1961. It is now maintained in its original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires. Propulsion and auxiliaries Rigging Engine In addition to its sailing rig this ship includes a large triple expansion steam engine supplied by two coal-fired boilers exhausting through the rear stack. An additional auxiliary boiler exha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
