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Fernando Casanova (actor)
Fernando Casanova - born Fernando Gutiérrez López; (24 November 1925 – 16 November 2012) was a Mexican actor who began his career during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and in the 1960s reached the height of his success, becoming one of the most popular actors at the time. Life and career Casanova was born Fernando Gutiérrez López on 24 November 1925, though some sources state 1922. As a teenager, he aspired to be a bullfighter, eventually leaving his studies to follow said occupation. He had the opportunity to debut in the Toreo de la Condesa in Mexico City, where he was gored on his right leg. Afterwards, Casanova would return to the bullring, but a few years afterwards, he decided to leave the profession. Casanova made his film debut in '' The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947), and began appearing in secondary roles. In one of the films he appeared in, '' Si Adelita se fuera con otro'', Jorge Negrete, the star of the film, demanded to director Chano U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 8th most populous city in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642, making it the Metropolitan areas of Mexico#List of metropolitan areas in Mexico by population, third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, twenty-second largest metropolitan area in the Americas. Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico with over 10,361 people per km2, surpassed only by Mexico City. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Charrasqueado
''Juan Charrasqueado'' is a 1948 Mexican Western film directed by Ernesto Cortázar. It stars Pedro Armendáriz, Miroslava, and Fernando Soto.Agrasánchez, p. 9 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast * Pedro Armendáriz as Juan Robledo / Juan Charrasqueado * Miroslava as María * Fernando Soto as El Trece * Arturo Martínez as Luis Coronado * Luis Aceves Castañeda as El Sota * Fernando Casanova as Felipe * Ángel Merino as Fernando * Carlos Múzquiz as El Malilla * Georgina Barragán as Charrita * Silvia Rey * Conchita Carracedo * Fernando Curiel as Empleado de Luis * Amada Dosamantes as Chica pueblerina * Jaime Fernández as Espectador pelea gallos * Emilio Garibay as Empleado * Margarito Luna as Hombre en cantina * Paco Martínez as Doctor * Estela Matute as Zarca * Francisco Pando as Don Pepe, cantinero * Víctor Parra * Luis Pérez Meza Ignacio Pérez Meza (22 May 1917 – 9 June 1981), better known as Luis Pérez Meza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword Of Granada
''The Sword of Granada'' (Spanish: ''El corazón y la espada'') is a 1953 Mexican historical adventure film shot in 3D and directed by Edward Dein and Carlos Véjar hijo and starring Cesar Romero, Katy Jurado and Rebeca Iturbide. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. It was released in the United States in 1956. Cast * Cesar Romero as Don Pedro de Rivera * Katy Jurado as Lolita * Rebeca Iturbide as Princesa Esme * Tito Junco as Ponce de León * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Padre Angélico * Fernando Casanova as Capitán del califa * Gloria Mestre as Mensajera de Princesa Esme * Víctor Alcocer as Califa de Granada * José Torvay * Norma Ancira as Sara, doncella de Esme * Manuel Casanueva as Alquimista * Antonio Haro Oliva * Ramón Sánchez Ramón Alfredo Sánchez Paredes (born May 25, 1982, in San Juan Opico) is a Salvadoran football player. He was banned for life in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinnamon Skin (film)
''Cinnamon Skin'' (Spanish: ''Piel canela'') is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Sara Montiel, Manolo Fábregas and Ramón Gay. It was set and partly filmed in Cuba. In Havana, gangster moll and singer Marucha, who has had a disfigured face since childhood, is helped by a plastic surgeon who falls madly in love with her. The doctor hopes to reform her and turn her into a good woman by transforming her face through surgeries. However Marucha, with her new beautiful face, has other plans and becomes a night club entertainer and a highly paid prostitute. Cast * Sara Montiel as Marucha * Manolo Fábregas as Dr. Carlos Alonso * Ramón Gay as Julio Chávez * Felipe de Alba as Dr. Jorge Morales * Rosa Elena Durgel as Alicia Álvarez, enfermera * Fernando Casanova (actor), Fernando Casanova as Paco * Magda Donato as Paciente loca de Alonso * Salvador Quiroz as Don Ernesto * Ismael Larumbe as Antonio Salas Porras * Jorge Casanova (actor), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Él (film)
''Él'' ( Spanish: ''Him''; re-issued in the US as ''This Strange Passion'') (1953), by Luis Buñuel, is a Mexican film based upon the novel by Mercedes Pinto. It deals with many themes common to Buñuel's cinema, including a May–December romance between a woman and her obsessively overprotective ''bourgeois'' husband, and touches of surrealism. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film opens during a foot washing ceremony in a Christian church where a man named Francisco sees an attractive young woman from across the room. She leaves the church and escapes Francisco, despite his attempt to chase after her. Another day, Francisco finds her again in the church. He works up the courage to speak with her, but she seems uninterested, and insists that they can never speak to each other again. Francisco follows her to a restaurant and sees her meeting with Raul, a close friend of his. Francisco later meets with Raul, who divulges that he and the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Border Man
''The Border Man'' (Spanish: ''El fronterizo'') is a 1952 Mexican western comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Alma Rosa Aguirre, Raúl Martínez, and Andrés Soler. Dear & Leclerc p.191 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Alma Rosa Aguirre as Virginia * Raúl Martínez as El fronterizo * Andrés Soler as Don Sostenes * Domingo Soler as Pablo * Tito Junco as Panchito * Agustín Isunza as Federico * Fernando Casanova as Fernando * Alfredo Varela as Mario * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Tía Mechita * José Muñoz as Antonio * Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''The 9 ... as Juez * Altia Michel as Linda References Bibliography * Dear, Michael & Leclerc, Gustavo. ''Postborder City: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Martyr Of Calvary
''The Martyr of Calvary'' () is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta about the life of Christ. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Enrique Rambal - Jesús (as Enrique Rambal Jr.) * Manuel Fábregas - Judas (as Manolo Fabregas) * Consuelo Frank - María Madre * Alicia Palacios - Magdalena * Miguel Ángel Ferriz - Pedro * Carmen Molina - Marta * José María Linares-Rivas - Caifás (as Jose Mª. Linares Rivas) * Felipe de Alba - Andrés * Luis Beristáin - Jefe Sinagoga * Miguel Arenas - José de Arimatea * Lupe Llaca - Verónica * Alberto Mariscal - Anás el Joven * Alfonso Mejía - Marcos * José Baviera José Baviera (17 August 1906 – 13 August 1981) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films and television shows between 1924 and 1979. He starred in Luis Buñuel's 1962 film ''The Exterminating Angel''. Selected filmogra ... - Poncio Pilatos * Fernando Casanova - Centurión References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manos De Seda
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Manos may refer to: Films * ''The Hands'' (film) (Spanish: ''Las manos''), a 2006 Argentinean-Italian film * '' Manos: The Hands of Fate'', 1966 horror film Other uses * ''Manos'' (album), by The Spinanes * Manos (name) * Mano (stone) or manos, a stone tool used to grind and process food * ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'' (video game), a 2012 video game based on the film * Monte Manos, a mountain of Lombardy, Italy See also * En Tus Manos (other) * Mano (other) Mano may refer to: People * Mano people, an ethnic group in Liberia * Mano (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Mano (Mozambican footballer), Celso Halilo de Abdul (born 1984) * Mano (Portuguese footballer), Luís Migu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Among Lawyers I See You
''Among Lawyers I See You'' (Spanish: ''Entre abogados te veas'') is a 1951 Mexican crime drama film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Armando Calvo, Carmen Montejo and Isabel del Puerto. Riera p.252 It was produced by Fernando de Fuentes. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Cast * Armando Calvo as El Abogangster * Carmen Montejo Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 – February 25, 2013) was a Cuban and Mexican actress. Biography Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in a show titled ''Abuelita Cata'' t ... as La Víctima * Luis Beristáin as El Defensor * Isabel del Puerto as La Amante * Ramón Gay as El Catrín * Sara Guasch as La Esposa * Fernando Galiana as El Desfalcado * Armando Espinosa as El Judío * Fernando Casanova (actor), Fernando Casanova as El Barrilete * Rafael Estrada as El Bígamo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenement House (film)
''Tenement House'' (Spanish: ''Casa de vecindad'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring David Silva, Meche Barba and Andrés Soler. Amador p.45 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Cast * David Silva as Ramón Domínguez * Meche Barba as Carmela * Andrés Soler as Don Clemente * Irma Torres as Esther * Luis Beristáin as Dr. Guevara * Lupe Inclán as Doña Petra * Queta Lavat as Rosita * Matilde Palou as Loreto * Eugenia Galindo as Blandinita * Miguel Manzano as Don Panchito * Prudencia Grifell as Doña Leonor * Fernando Casanova as Manolo * Arturo Martínez as Rafael * Tony Díaz as Felipe * Nicolás Rodríguez hijo as Roberto * Velquiz Mora as Chepinita * Elisa Christy as Antonieta * Ivonne Adoree as Lupita * Kika Meyer as Mujer del sultán * Pepe Nava as Hijo de Petra * Carmen Guillén as Amiga de Antonieta * Humberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Your Sandwiches Here
''Get Your Sandwiches Here'' (Spanish: ''Acá las tortas'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Sara García, Meche Barba and Carlos Orellana. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Plot An elderly couple that had worked all their life making a modest living out of selling "Tortas". Everything they had they gave to their three children so they could have a better future. Thanks to their sacrifice, two of them were able to study abroad and now because of the social status they had accomplished, were too ashamed of their parents and denied knowing them. The third child, had become an alcoholic and his whereabouts were unknown to his parents. Cast * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Desalmado
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] |
