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Jesús Grovas
Jesús Grovas (1899–1967) was a Mexican film producer active for several decades in the Mexican film industry. His career took off during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. He formed a production company with the director Juan Bustillo Oro which produced a number of commercial successes.''Expressionism in the Cinema'' p.284 Selected filmography * '' Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * '' The Girl's Aunt'' (1938) * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * '' Horse for Horse'' (1939) * '' In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1939) * ''You're Missing the Point'' (1940) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''¡Así se quiere en Jalisco!'' (1941) * '' I Danced with Don Porfirio'' (1942) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' Doña Bárbara'' (1943) * '' The Noiseless Dead'' (1946) * ''It's Not Enough to Be a Charro'' (1946) * '' The Devourer'' (1946) * '' If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow'' (1947) * '' Soledad'' (1947) * '' The Lost Child'' (1947) * '' Music Inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Bárbara (1943 Film)
''Doña Bárbara'' is a 1943 Mexican romantic drama film directed and co-written by Fernando de Fuentes and starring María Félix and Julián Soler. The film is based on the 1929 novel '' Doña Bárbara'' by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Plot Bárbara is an attractive woman raised mostly on the rivers of Venezuela by her riverboat captain father. Her mother was an Indian woman who died while giving birth to her. She was madly in love with young Asdrúbal until tragedy smashed everything. Some of the men who worked for her father stole their boat and killed her father. The bandits then raped her and shot her boyfriend. This caused her to hate men, but at the same time sleeps with them to get what she wants. She becomes involved with Lorenzo Barquero, the owner of a cattle ranch, with whom she becomes pregnant and has a daughter named Marisela. Barbara later steals Lorenzo's home and fortune and kicks both him and their daughter out, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of A Heart
''History of a Heart'' (Spanish:''Historia de un corazón'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by Julio Bracho and starring Rosario Granados, Albert Carrier and Alma Delia Fuentes.Ibarra p.266 Cast References Bibliography * Jesús Ibarra. ''Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano''. UNAM, 2006. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julio Bracho Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immaculate (1950 Film)
''Immaculate'' (Spanish: ''Inmaculada'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed and co-written by Julio Bracho and starring Rosario Granados, Carlos López Moctezuma and Eduardo Noriega.Agrasánchez p.95 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho. Cast * Rosario Granados as Consuelo * Carlos López Moctezuma as Jorge Villagran * Eduardo Noriega as Luis Angel * Eva Martino as Lucia * Prudencia Grifell as Dona Rosa * Delia Magaña as Severina * Mimí Derba as madre de Luis Angel * Tana Lynn as La seductora * Maruja Grifell as Madame * Lupita Llaca as Rosalia * Elda Peralta as Guillermina Perea * Diana Ochoa as Merceditas, tendera * Armando Arriola as Nacho * Armando Velasco as Doctor * Luis Mussot as Don Carlos * Enrique Díaz 'Indiano' as Doctor * Diana Bracho as Rosalía * Ismael Pérez as Monchito * Juan Orraca * Nicolás Rodríguez * Julieta Rubio * Emma Fink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Veracruz Is Beautiful
''Only Veracruz Is Beautiful'' (Spanish: ''Solo Veracruz es bello'') is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Esther Fernández, Antonio Badú and Alfredo Varela. Alfaro p.302 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Cast * Esther Fernández * Antonio Badú as Ramón Fernández * Alfredo Varela * Rafael Lanzetta * Agustín Isunza * Delia Magaña * Arturo Soto Rangel * Lupe Inclán * Ignacio Peón * José Muñoz * Salvador Quiroz * 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, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. Career Club Sánchez has played ... * Humberto Rodríguez References Bibliography * Alfaro, Eduardo de la Vega. ''Microhistorias del cine en México''. Universidad de Guadalajar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Pesos Left
''Two Pesos Left'' (Spanish: ''Dos pesos dejada'') is a 1949 comedy drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Pardavé, Sara García and Abel Salazar. ''Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia''. Hollywood Reporter, 1952. p.966 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Cast * Joaquín Pardavé as Gabino Pringoso * Sara García as Doña Prudencia * Abel Salazar as Fermín * Alicia Caro as Lupe * Esmeralda as Risaralda * Alfredo Varela as Coquito * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Refugio * Pepe Martínez as Sacerdote * Flora Alicia Campos as Lidia * Rosario García as Doña Juana * 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 Custodio References Bibliogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Of The Angry Life
''Two of the Angry Life'' (Spanish: ''Dos de la vida airada'') is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Manuel Palacios, Estanislao Shilinsky and Amanda del Llano.Riera p.167 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Cast * Manuel Palacios as Manolin * Estanislao Shilinsky as Shilinsky * Amanda del Llano as Lolita * Agustín Isunza as Don Laureano Palomar * Delia Magaña as Socorro * Óscar Pulido as Delegado * Pedro Elviro as Pantaleon * José Muñoz as Padre de muchachas * Miguel Manzano as Jacinto * Haydee Gracia as Mercedes * Francisco Pando Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ... as Dueno de carpa * Humberto Rodríguez as Notario References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Night (1948 Film)
''The Last Night'' (Spanish: ''La última noche'') is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by René Cardona and starring Ramón Armengod, Rosita Quintana and Óscar Pulido. Riera p.255 It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Moya. Cast * Ramón Armengod * Rosita Quintana * Óscar Pulido * José Baviera * Rafael Banquells * Francisco Pando * César del Campo * Trío Tamaulipeco * Araceli Julián * Elena Julián * Rosalía Julián * Lolita Márquez * Trío Janitzio * 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 ... References Bibliography * Riera, Emilio García . ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946–1948''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992. * Wilt, David E. ''Stereotyped Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Inside
''Music Inside'' (Spanish: ''Con la música por dentro'') is a 1947 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Humberto Gómez Landero and starring Tin-Tan, Marcelo Chávez and Marga López.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.113 Cast * Tin-Tan as Tin Tán / Hortensia * Marcelo Chávez as Don Nardo del Valle * Marga López as Rosita del Valle * Isabelita Blanch as Margarita * Carlos Martínez Baena as Molinette * Eduardo Vivas as Conde Francisco José Federico Maximiliano * Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * ''Another Dawn (1943 film), Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''The Abandoned (1945 film), The Abandoned' ... as Condesa * Rafael Icardo as Jacinto * Manuel Roche as Narciso References Bibliography * Carlos Monsiváis & John Kraniauskas. ''Mexican Postcards''. Verso, 1997. External links * 1947 films 1947 musical comedy films Mexica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Child (1947 Film)
''The Lost Child'' (Spanish:''El niño perdido'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed and co-written by Humberto Gómez Landero and starring Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and Emilia Guiú.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.113 Cast * Germán Valdés as Agustín peón Torre y Rey; Tincito * Marcelo Chávez as Pioquinto Chumacero; Quintín Caballero * Miguel Arenas as Don Jacobo Peón * Luis G. Barreiro as Ataúlfo * Ramiro Gamboa as Voz de narrador (voice) * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Pita Torre * Jesús Graña as Don Chucho, coreógrafo * Maruja Grifell as Pura Torre * Emilia Guiú as Estrella / Petra * Lupe Inclán as Segunda, nana * Ramón G. Larrea as Dueño de cabaret * Raúl Lechuga as Empresario * Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soledad (film)
''Soledad'' is a 1947 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Zacarías and starring Libertad Lamarque, René Cardona and Marga López. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Plot Soledad Somellera (Libertad Lamarque), an Argentine maid, secretly marries the son of her employers, Roberto Covarrubias (René Cardona). However, Roberto abandons her soon after to marry a wealthy woman, revealing to Soledad that their wedding was staged and thus not valid. Soledad runs away, pregnant with Roberto's child, although soon after, Roberto's mother locates her and convinces him to give up her daughter so that she can grow up without suffering hardships. Soledad becomes a famous singer, adopting the stage name of Cristina Palermo, while her daughter, Evangelina (Marga López), grows into a spoiled brat who, when she has the opportunity to meet Palermo, treats her with contempt, ignoring that she is his mother. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I'm To Be Killed Tomorrow
''If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow'' (Spanish: ''Si me han de matar mañana'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel Zacarías and starring Sofía Álvarez (actress, born 1913), Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vicente Petit. A Ranchera film, it was produced during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. The title comes from a shortening of the expression "If I'm to be killed tomorrow, better to get it over with today".Macías-González & Rubenstein p.222 Cast * Sofía Álvarez (actress, born 1913), Sofía Álvarez as Lupe 'La Serrana' * Pedro Infante as Ramiro del Campo * René Cardona as Genovevo * Armando Soto La Marina as Chicote * Miguel Arenas as Don Servando Reyes * Nelly Montiel as Fanny * Miguel Inclán as Sebastián Rojas * Gilberto González (actor), Gilberto González as José Dolores Chapa * Alfonso Bedoya as Juan Palomo * José Torvay a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |