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Enrique Alarcón
Enrique Alarcón Sánchez-Manjavacas (1917–1995) was a Spanish art director.Faulkner p.106 He worked on over two hundred films. Selected filmography * ''Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' The Phantom and Dona Juanita'' (1945) * ''Lady in Ermine'' (1947) * '' The Faith'' (1947) * ''Saturday Night'' (1950) * '' The Girl at the Inn'' (1951) * ''From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952) * ''It Happened in Seville'' (1955) * '' The Lost City'' (1955) * ''Congress in Seville'' (1955) * '' The Sun Comes Out Every Day'' (1958) * ''The Violet Seller'' (1958) * ''The Nightingale in the Mountains'' (1958) * '' A Girl Against Napoleon'' (1959) * ''Alfonso XII and María Cristina'' (1960) * '' Heaven at Home'' (1960) * ''The Fair of the Dove'' (1963) * ''Samba'' (1965) * ''The Lost Woman ''The Lost Woman'' (Spanish: ''La mujer perdida'') is a 1966 drama film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Giancarlo Del Duca and Massimo Serato.King & Torrents p.138 It was a co-produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo De Criptana
Campo de Criptana is a municipality and town in the province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain). It is found in the region known as La Mancha. History Historical development The area surrounding Campo de Criptana has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Prehistoric implements of hunting, gathering, and agriculture have been found in various locations, as have ceramics, particularly from the Bronze Age. From historic times, the most plentiful remnants have been Ibero-Roman. Settlement of the present city center of Campo de Criptana dates from the 13th century, though the municipal area was occupied by human beings much earlier. Numerous archaeological remains and historical documents attest to the existence of inhabited centers since the Bronze Age. There is evidence of settlements of some importance—at least since the Middle Ages—named Criptana, Villajos, Posadas Viejas and El Campo, as well as others of lesser significance, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Comes Out Every Day
''The Sun Comes Out Every Day'' (Spanish:''El sol sale todos los días'') is a 1958 Spanish comedy film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Marisa de Leza, Enrique Diosdado and Mercedes Monterrey.D'Lugo p.118 The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón. Cast * Marisa de Leza as Lina * Enrique Diosdado as Diógenes * Mercedes Monterrey as Teresa * Barta Barri Barta Barri (16 August 1911 – 7 December 2003) was a Hungarian-born Spanish film actor.Pitts p. 121 Selected filmography * ''The Vila Family'' (1950) * '' Criminal Brigade'' (1950) - Mario * ''Verónica'' (1950) * '' Spanish Serenade'' (1952) ...as Pelotti * Luis Pérez de León as Sr. Román * Francisco Bernal as Portero del hospital * Daja-Tarto as Ravi Ramátraka * Manuel Aguilera as Guardia civil * Aníbal Vela as Alcalde * Manuel Guitián as Trabajador en feria * Ángel Calero * Ernesto Lerín * Enrique Bendicho * Matilde Guarnerio * Rodolfo del Campo * Guillermo Méndez * Miguel Ángel Rodríguez as Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Deaths
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestone, Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for Personal computer, PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is Oklahoma City bombing, bombed by Domestic terrorism in the United States, domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Great Hanshin earthquake, Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti-prostitution drive in Prostitution in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunting Party (1971 Film)
''The Hunting Party'' is a 1971 American-British western film directed by Don Medford for Levy-Gardner-Laven and starring Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland and Ronald Howard. The film was shot at studios in Madrid, and on location around Spain including the Tabernas Desert in Andalusia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón. Plot Relations are strained between sexually sadistic cattle baron Brandt Ruger (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Melissa ( Candice Bergen) when he leaves for a two-week hunting trip with some of his wealthy friends. Mistaking her for a schoolteacher, outlaw Frank Calder (Oliver Reed) and his band of rustlers and thieves kidnap Melissa, not for ransom but because Calder wants to be taught how to read a book. Traveling by luxurious private train, the hunting party engages in debauchery with women, one of whom Ruger sadistically abuses. While the party dines, Ruger presents them with rifles he describes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Rocío
''Road to Rocío'' (Spanish: ''Camino del Rocío'') is a 1966 Spanish musical film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Carmen Sevilla, Francisco Rabal and Arturo Fernández.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 164. . It was the third version of the story to be filmed following '' The White Dove'' (1942) and ''It Happened in Seville'' (1955). The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón. Cast *Carmen Sevilla as Esperanza Aguilar *Francisco Rabal as José Antonio * Arturo Fernández as Alberto Echeve *Guillermo Marín as Fernando Aguilar *Concha Goyanes as Mª Jesús Aguilar *María Luisa Ponte as Martina * Sancho Gracia as Médico *Robert Royal as Robert Burton *Antonia Imperio as La Guadaira *José Orjas as administrator *Julia Caba Alba as Rosa *Alicia Hermida Alicia Pérez Herranz, best known as Alicia Hermida (26 September 1932 – 9 February 2022) was a Spanish actress and acting teacher. Life and car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Woman
''The Lost Woman'' (Spanish: ''La mujer perdida'') is a 1966 drama film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Giancarlo Del Duca and Massimo Serato.King & Torrents p.138 It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón. Synopsis Sara Fernán escapes from the poor fishing village of her childhood and finds work in a flamenco tavern, a tablao. One day Rafael, a politician with connections, hears her and is so impressed with her performance that he decides to help her advance her musical career. He takes her to Madrid, pays for her singing lessons, and shows her how to dress with taste. In the capital, lifted by his support, she triumphs as a singer. To avoid complicating Rafael's political career, she embarks on a grand tour of Europe. Created to the greater glory of Sara Montiel, the film was a joint Spanish, French, and Italian production. Cast * Sara Montiel as Sara Fernán * Giancarlo Del Duca as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba (1965 Film)
''Samba'' is a 1965 Brazilian-Spanish musical film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Sara Montiel, Marc Michel and Fosco Giachetti.Morcillo p.244 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Enrique Alarcón and Pierino Massenzi. Cast * Sara Montiel as Belén / Laura Monteiro * Marc Michel as Paulo * Fosco Giachetti as João Fernandes de Oliveira * Carlos Alberto as Assis * José Prada as Oliveira's lawyer * Zeni Pereira as Trinidad * Eliezer Gomes as Negro gangster * Antonio Pitanga as Paulo's friend * Álvaro Aguiar as White gangster * José Policena * Antonia Marzullo as Belén's grandmother * Grande Otelo as Freitas * Arlindo Rodrigues Arlindo Rodrigues (1931 - Rio de Janeiro, 1987) was a celebrated Brazilian ''carnavalesco''.''Rio, samba e carnaval'' 2006 - Issue 35 - Page 107 "Fernando Pamplona, the forerunner in the field, describes it like this: "There's no question that P ... as Himself / Salgueiro art director * Leila Adiles * Ern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fair Of The Dove
''The Fair of the Dove'' (Spanish:''La verbena de la Paloma'') is a 1963 Spanish musical comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Concha Velasco, Vicente Parra and Miguel Ligero. It is a remake of the film ''Paloma Fair''.Mira p.237 The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón. Cast * Concha Velasco as Susana / Mari Loli * Vicente Parra as Julián * Miguel Ligero as Don Hilarión * Ángel Garasa as Tabernero * Mercedes Vecino as Señá Rita * Milagros Leal as Tía Antonia * Irán Eory as Casta / Merche * Félix Fernández as Don Sebastián * Silvia Solar as Balbina * Alfredo Landa as Manolo * Mary Begoña as Encarna * Antonio Ferrandis as Vendedor de 'la juerga padre' * Modesto Blanch as Paco - el cochero * Adrián Ortega as Guardia en mercado #1 * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Don Lucio * Luis Morris as Moro en mercado * José Morales * Agustín González as Frutero * Tony Soler as Vendedora de lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven At Home
''Heaven at Home'' (Spanish:''El cielo dentro de la casa'' or ''Navidades en junio'') is a 1960 Spanish comedy film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Alberto Closas, Marga López and Rafael Alonso.King & Torrents p.138 The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón. Cast * Alberto Closas as Dr. Julio Medina * Marga López as Laura Medina * Rafael Alonso as Daniel * José Luis López Vázquez as Oltrán * María del Puy as Susana * Tony Soler as Mercedes * Gracita Morales as Paciente * Juan Cortés as Solitario seductor * José Morales as Camarero * Mercedes Barranco as Vendedora de lotería * Gregorio Alonso * Rafael Corés * Pepita C. Velázquez * Nélida Romero Nélida Romero (January 17, 1926 – January 14, 2015) was an Argentine actress. She starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director Carlos Schlieper, who was her husband from 1944 to 1957. Filmography *Who is killing the sparrows ... * Dolores Villadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso XII And María Cristina
''Alfonso XII and María Cristina'' or ''Where Are You Going, Sad Man?'' ( es, ¿Dónde vas triste de ti?) is a 1960 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Guillermo Cases and starring Vicente Parra and Marga López as Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria Christina of Austria. The film is the sequel to '' Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?'' with Vicente Parra, José Marco Davó and Tomás Blanco reprising their roles from the previous film as Alfonso XII, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo and the Duque de Sesto respectively. replaced Mercedes Vecino as Isabella II. Similar in style to the German Sissi film series, it was very popular but led to Vicente Parra's typecasting.Mira p.236 The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón. Cast * Vicente Parra as Alfonso XII * Marga López as María Cristina * José Marco Davó as Antonio Cánovas del Castillo * Marta Padovan as Infanta Isabel * Tomás Blanco as Duque de Sesto * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl Against Napoleon
''A Girl Against Napoleon'' or ''The Devil Made a Woman'', also known under its Spanish title ''Carmen, la de Ronda'', is a 1959 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Jorge Mistral and Maurice Ronet.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 141. . It is loosely based on the story of Prosper Mérimée's Carmen, with the setting changed to the Peninsular War era. Carmen is involved with the guerrillas fighting against the French occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón and built at CEA Studios in Madrid. Plot The year is 1808. A year passed since the beginning of the Peninsular War and singer Carmen is in love with two men at the same time. The men are: a guerrilla named Antonio and the French sergeant José, who, during the war, end up on the opposite sides and therefore are sworn enemies to each other. Cast *Sara Montiel as Carmen *Jorge Mistral as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
