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Hernán Vera
Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works by author Antonio Esquivel Magaña. He also belonged to the Alfonso Rogelini zarzuela company in 1925. His first film was ''Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (1936) by director Fernando de Fuentes. He worked in more than 200 films and although his participation in them was usually short, his characters tended to be related to the main characters. Selected filmography *''Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (1936) * '' Poppy of the Road'' (1937) *''Mi candidato'' (1938) * ''Huapango'' (1938) * '' Café Concordia'' (1939) * '' With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * '' Three Peasants on a Donkey'' (1939) *'' The Rock of Souls'' (1942) *'' The Spectre of the Bride'' (1943) *'' The Shack'' (1945) *'' A Day with the Devil'' (1945) * '' The Queen of the Tropics'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida (, ) is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the Mérida Municipality, eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland from the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2020, it had a population of 921,770 while its metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Kanasín and Umán, had a population of 1,316,090. Mérida is also the cultural and financial capital of the Yucatán Peninsula. The city's rich cultural heritage is a product of the syncretism of the Maya civilization, Maya and Culture of Spain, Spanish cultures during the colonial era. The Cathedral of Mérida, Yucatán was built in the late 16th century with stones from Ti'ho, nearby Maya ruins and is the oldest cathedral in the mainland Americas. The city has the third largest old town district on the continent. It was the first city to be n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of The Tropics
''The Queen of the Tropics'' (Spanish: ''La reina del trópico'') is a 1946 Mexican musical drama film directed by Raúl de Anda and starring María Antonieta Pons, Luis Aguilar and Fernando Soto. It is in the tradition of Rumberas films. It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Plot In Papantla, Veracruz, the orphan girl Maria Antonia (María Antonieta Pons) lives with Don Anselmo (Arturo Soto Rangel), a peasant producer of vanilla and his wife Trini (Maria Gentil Arcos), who adopted her when she was very young. The lawyer Esteban (Carlos López Moctezuma), son of Don Anselmo, arrives from Mexico City and at the feast of Corpus Christi he is dazzled by the beauty of María Antonia. The villain intoxicates the girl in order to possess her. He returns to Mexico City and he promises María Antonia that he will return for her when he has triumphed. With Don Anselmo seriously ill, María Antonia tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primero Soy Mexicano
''Primero soy mexicano'' ("First I am Mexican") is a 1950 Mexican drama-comedy film starring Joaquín Pardavé (who also wrote and directed it), (in Spanish). ''escritores.cinemexicano.unam.mx''. Retrieved 2-22-11. Luis Aguilar, and . Synopsis Old ''hacendado'' don Ambrosio awaits the return of his son Rafael after ten years of studying medicine in the US. The hitherto illiterate Ambrosio is tau ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocrite (film)
''Hypocrite'' (Spanish: ''Hipócrita..!'') is a 1949 Mexican thriller film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Antonio Badú, Leticia Palma, Carmen Molina and Luis Beristáin. The film included the song "Hipócrita".Sortilegio de vivir: la vida de Antonio Badú en conversaciones Antonio Badú, Jorge Mejía Prieto - 1993 "LA CANCIÓN "HIPÓCRITA — A ti se te recuerda mucho por tu actuación en la película Hipócrita, donde cantas la canción del mismo título. ... Hipócrita, bajo la dirección de Miguel Morayta, se hizo al vapor, en sólo 13 días." 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 ... Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast References Bibliography * Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Carteles de la época de oro del c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorina (film)
''Zorina'' is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Rafael Baledón, Leonora Amar and Luis Aldás.Agrasánchez p.84 Cast * Rafael Baledón as Teniente Javier Escandón * Leonora Amar as Zorina * Luis Aldás as Bardo * Patricia Morán as Rosa María * Dalia Íñiguez as Constanza * José Pulido as Arturo * Manuel R. Ojeda as General Rovira * Luz Alba as Palmira * Eduardo Casado as Coronel Márquez * Carlos Villarías as Coronel Lemus * José Torvay as Sargento Rojas * Juan Pulido as Andrés del Villar * Emma Fink as Mariana * Ángel Di Stefani as Patriarca * Manuel Casanueva as Yanlío * Hernán Vera as Tabernero * Karol Vaida * Jorge Arriaga as Maleante * Lidia Franco Lidia may refer to: * Lidia (given name) * ''Lidia'' (spider), a spider genus * Hurricane Lidia, multiple storms * ''Comoedia Lydiae'', a medieval Latin elegiac comedy from the late twelfth century * Spanish Fighting Bull The Spanish Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight (1949 Film)
''Midnight'' (Spanish: ''Medianoche'') is a 1949 Mexican crime film directed by Tito Davison and starring Arturo de Córdova, Elsa Aguirre and Marga López.Agramonte & Castillo p.97 It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada José Rodríguez Granada was a Mexican art directorRiera p.220 who worked on more than two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Judas (1936 film), Judas'' (1936) * ''Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * ''Father's Entanglements'' (19 .... Cast References Bibliography * Arturo Agramonte & Luciano Castillo. ''Ramón Peón, el hombre de los glóbulos negros''. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2003. External links * 1949 films 1949 crime films Mexican crime films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Tito Davison Films scored by Manuel Esperón Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Of The Veil
''The Lady of the Veil'' () is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Libertad Lamarque, Armando Calvo and Ernesto Alonso. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho. The film is the first of five productions that Lamarque made with Crevenna, followed by '' Otra primavera'' (1950), ''Huellas del pasado'' (1950), '' La mujer sin lágrimas'' (1951), and ''Si volvieras a mi'' (1954). Plot Andrea del Monte (Libertad Lamarque) is a singer who falls in love with Esteban Navarro (Armando Calvo), a failed actor who is also alcoholic and married. In a fit of rage, Esteban ends up killing his wife. Unable to relinquish her feelings for him, Andrea decides to go to prison to visit Esteban, but aware of the risk of ruining her reputation in such an act, she uses a veil to hide her identity. Esteban's defense attorney, Cristóbal (Ernesto Alonso), desires to find out who that mysterious lady is. Cast *Libertad Lamarque as Andrea del Monte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Tres Huastecos
''Los tres huastecos'' ("The Three Huastecos") is a 1948 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, wo also co-wrote the film. Plot Three identical triplet brothers are raised separately in three villages in La Huasteca (a region in northeastern Mexico). Lorenzo, from Tamaulipas, is an atheistic bandolier; Juan de Dios, from San Luis Potosí, is a handsome priest; while Víctor, from Veracruz, is an army captain. Their great physical resemblance is a source of conflict. Juan de Dios tries to solve the problems with his two brothers. Mexican superstar Pedro Infante played three separate roles as each of these three individual triplets. In the movie, the villain "El Coyote", whose identity is unknown, is killing and robbing the people in Lorenzo's village. His brother Víctor was transferred to the town to catch "El Coyote." Víctor also has a romantic interest in a village girl, Maritoña ( Blanca Estela Pavon), who flirts with him at a party while Veracruz song "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music, Poetry And Madness
''Music, Poetry and Madness'' (Spanish title: ''Músico, poeta y loco'') is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and Meche Barba.Hershfield & Maciel p.73 Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Meche Barba as Mercedes Miraflores * Beatriz Ramos as Consuelo Fernández * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Altagracia * Maruja Grifell as Señorita directora * Natalia Gentil Arcos as Secretaria * Ernesto Finance as Don Maximiliano * Rafael Icardo as Don Esteban * Jesús Graña as Doctor Arsenio Mata Lozano * Humberto Rodríguez as Jefe de policía * Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works ... as Don Apolonio * Luis Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Life Of Mark Antony And Cleopatra
''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (Spanish: ''La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra'') is a 1947 Mexican historical comedy-fantasy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Luis Sandrini, María Antonieta Pons and Víctor Junco.Elley p.202 The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Moya. Cast * Luis Sandrini as Marco Antonio * María Antonieta Pons as Cleopatra * Víctor Junco as Octavio * José Baviera as Julio * Rafael Banquells as Marco Antonio * Conchita Carracedo as Elena * Carlos Villarías as Septimio * Julián de Meriche as Ptolomeo * Stephen Berne as Gladiador sin melena * Fernando Casanova * Julio Daneri as Guardia pretoriano * Pedro Elviro as Ministro Egipcio * Jesús Grana as Ministro Egipcio * Juan José Laboriel as Esclavo * Bertha Lehar as Señora Bernales * Miguel Manzano as Policía Egipcio * Francisco Pando as Miembro del senado * Humberto Rodríguez as Ciudadano Romano * Hernán Vera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am A Charro Of Rancho Grande
''I Am a Charro of Rancho Grande'' (Spanish: ''Soy charro de Rancho Grande'') is a 1947 Mexican musical comedy drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona. Avila p.189 It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald. It was in the tradition of Ranchera films, popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Synopsis A charro goes to Mexico City where he encounters a glamorous woman who throws his wedding plans into disorder. Cast * Sofía Álvarez as Cristina * Pedro Infante as Antonio Aldama * René Cardona as Felipe * Fernando Soto as Olote * Dolores Camarillo as Doña Martinita * Joan Page as Kitty * Conchita Carracedo as Esmeralda * Lola Tinoco as Doña Eduviges * Miguel Manzano as Locutor * Hernán Vera as Gendarme * Fernando Casanova as Invitado a fiesta * Columba Domínguez as Chica cantando * Lilia Prado Leticia Lilia Amezcu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Juan Palomo
''The Secret of Juan Palomo'' (Spanish: ''El secreto de Juan Palomo'') is a 1947 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Julián Soler, Rosario Granados and Luis Beristáin. Carredano & Picún p.173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. It received two Ariel Awards nominations. It was a sequel to the film ''Ecija's Seven Children''. Cast * Julián Soler * Rosario Granados * Pepita Meliá * Luis Beristáin * Rafael Banquells * Florencio Castelló * Roberto Banquells * Roberto Cobo * Roberto Corell * Rafael María de Labra * María Douglas * Haydee Gracia * Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' ... * Jorge Mondragón * Anita Muriel * Nicolás Rodríguez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
