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Chachita From Triana
''Chachita from Triana'' (Spanish: ''Chachita la de Triana'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Evita Muñoz, Carlos Martínez Baena and René Cardona. Wilt p.103 The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Synopsis A Spanish painter and his Mexican dancer wife travel from Spain to visit his father in Mexico to ask for his assistance. As the older man dislikes women and had opposed their marriage, they get their daughter Chachita to dress up as a boy in order to win over her grandfather. Cast * Evita Muñoz as Chachita * Carlos Martínez Baena as Don Carlos * René Cardona as Don Roberto * Jorge Reyes as Che * Florencio Castelló as José mayordomo * Luana Alcañiz as Rocío * Luis Manuel Pelayo as Andrés * Leonor Gómez as Vecina * Felipe de Flores * Raquel Díaz de León * Pedro de Urdimalas * Alfonso Jiménez Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Rodríguez
Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Toshiro Mifune, Jorge Negrete, Sara García, Luis Aguilar, Tito Guízar, Gloria Marín, Carmelita González, Antonio Aguilar, Columba Domínguez and Flor Silvestre. He directed the film ''Ánimas Trujano (film), Ánimas Trujano'' (1961) for which he was nominated for an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is ''Tizoc (film), Tizoc'', in which Pedro Infante starred alongside María Félix. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. He died on 7 August 2004 at the age of 87. Selected filmography References External links * 1917 births 2004 deaths Mexican film di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Toussaint
Carlos Toussaint (1901–1975) was a Mexican film director and production designer. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema and worked as art director on many productions. He also directed fourteen films between 1940 and 1964 including the Cantinflas short '' Cantinflas y su prima''. Hershfield & Maciel p.46 He was married to the makeup artist Sara Mateos. Selected filmography Art director * '' Two Monks'' (1934) * '' The Mystery of the Ghastly Face'' (1935) * ''Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * '' The Girl's Aunt'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * '' Three Peasants on a Donkey'' (1939) * ''You're Missing the Point'' (1940) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''Father Gets Entangled Again'' (1942) * ''Santa'' (1943) * ''Madman and Vagabond'' (1946) * ''The Three Garcias'' (1947) * ''The Garcias Return'' (1947) * ''Chachita from Triana'' (1947) * ''Courtesan'' (1948) * '' Two of the Angry Life'' (1948) * ''Two Pesos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, '' It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress votes 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry, marking the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pandilla Mexicana
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Ángel Sampedro 'Angelillo'
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Alfonso Jiménez
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements '' aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: '' Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Díaz De León
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