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Manuel Valdés
Fernando Manuel Alonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo, also known as "El Loco" Valdés, (29 January 1931 – 28 August 2020) was a Mexican actor and comedian. A member of the Valdés family, he was the brother of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed Don Ramón on the sitcom ''El Chavo del Ocho'', and Germán Valdés (a.k.a. "Tin Tan"). He was also the father of singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés. Personal life Manuel Valdés was born on 21 January 1931 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. His parents were Rafael Gómez-Valdés Angellini and Guadalupe Castillo. Valdés had eight siblings: Rafael, Germán, Guadalupe, Pedro, Armando, Ramón, Cristóbal, and Antonio. Near the end of his life he clarified that his last name was actually double-barrelled (being Gómez-Valdés) but that he and his family decided to take off the Gómez part in order to not confuse the audience into thinking Valdés was their mother's maiden name (per Spanish naming customs.) The Valdés-Castillo family mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( , ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan language, Lipan: ''Tsé Táhú'ayá''), is the most populous city in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. It was known until 1888 as ("The North Pass"). It is the seat of the Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua, Juárez Municipality with an estimated metropolitan population of 2.5 million people. Juárez lies on the Rio Grande, Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) river, south of El Paso, Texas, United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez, the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–United States border, Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana), with a combined population of over 3.4 million people. Four international points of entry connect Ciudad Juárez and El Paso: the Bridge of the Americas (El Paso–Ciudad Juárez), Bridge of the Americas, the Ysleta–Zaragoza Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Peso
The Mexican peso (Currency symbol, symbol: $; ISO 4217, currency code: MXN; also abbreviated Mex$ to distinguish it from peso, other peso-denominated currencies; referred to as the peso, Mexican peso, or colloquially varo) is the official currency of Mexico. The peso was first introduced in 1863, replacing the old Spanish colonial real. The Mexican peso is subdivided into 100 ''centavos'', represented by "cent sign, ¢". Mexican banknotes are issued by the Bank of Mexico in various denominations and feature vibrant colors and imagery representing Mexican culture and history. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 16th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use dollar sign, its sign, "$". The current ISO 4217 code for the peso is ''MXN''; the "N" refers to the "new peso". Prior to the #Nuevo peso, 1993 revaluation, the code ''MXP'' was used. The Mexican peso is the 16th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded currency from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
''Las viudas del cha-cha-cha'' () is a 1955 Mexican Musical Comedy directed by Miguel M. Delgado. Cast * Amalia Aguilar * Raúl Martínez * Chula Prieto * Andrés Soler * Eduardo Alcaraz Alfredo Vergara Morales (13 April 1915 – 18 April 1987), best known by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films such as '' Escuela de rateros'' (1 ... * León Barroso * María Herrero * Otilia Larrañaga External links * 1955 films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican musical comedy films 1955 musical comedy films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Viscount Of Monte Cristo
''The Viscount of Monte Cristo'' (Spanish: ''El Vizconde de Montecristo'') is a 1954 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Andrés Soler.Hershfield & Maciel p.77 The film draws some of its plot from Alexandre Dumas's ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' with the setting moved to contemporary Mexico. Valdés' films of the era were often distorted, comic versions of classic literature. Cast * Germán Valdés as Inocencio Dantés / El Vizconde de Montecristo * Ana Bertha Lepe as Marga * Andrés Soler as Don Facundo Farías * Miguel Arenas as Don Miguel * Rafael Bertrand as Polito * Fannie Kauffman 'Vitola' as Rosaura * Marcelo Chávez as Policia celador * Joaquín García Vargas as Lino * Armando Acosta as Invitado fiesta romana * Armando Arriola as Fotógrafo * León Barroso as Músico * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Chofer carro fúnebre * Silvia Carrillo as Bailarina * Julio Daneri as Hombre provoca pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Mariachi
''The Unknown Mariachi'' (Spanish:''El mariachi desconocido'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rosa de Castilla, Gloria Mange and Rosita Fornés.Agrasanchez p.26 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Germán Valdés as Agustín / Tin Tan * Rosa de Castilla as Lupita * Gloria Mange as Yolanda * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Tito Novaro as Manuel * Lupe Carriles as Doña Chona, tía de Lupita * Alta Mae Stone as Gringa en el tenampa * Gregorio Acosta as Sacaborrachos del tenampa * José Ortega as Ojitos de capulin * Jorge Chesterking as Gringo en el tenampa * Georgina González as Clienta del rebozo * Emilio Garibay as Charro en el tenampa * Ignacio Peón as Feriante de los caballos * José Escanero as Don Casimiro, feriante de las pelotas * Magda Pastor * Rosita Fornés as Rosita * Armando Bianchi as Señor Bianchi * Silvia Carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Is Never Too Late To Love
''It Is Never Too Late to Love'' (Spanish: ''Nunca es tarde para amar'') is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Libertad Lamarque, Roberto Cañedo and José Elías Moreno.Amador p.132 Partial cast * Libertad Lamarque as Malisa Morales * Roberto Cañedo as Claudio Pérez de Castro * José Elías Moreno as Doctor Zamora * José Baviera as Señor Rodríguez * Dolores Tinoco as Rosario * Jesús Valero as Lic. Bustamante * Andrés Velázquez as Quique * Martha Valdés Martha Valdés (1 January 1928 – 20 November 2014) was a Mexican actress. She is known for her work in several films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spannin ... as Amelia * Manuel 'Loco' Valdés References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1953 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madness Of Love
''Madness of Love'' (Spanish: ''Amor de locura'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Rafael Baledón and starring Niní Marshall, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Amador p.117 Cast * Niní Marshall as Juana / Juana La Loca / Catalina * Óscar Pulido as Don Felipe Hermosillo * Yolanda Montes as Aldara * Antonio Aguilar as Álvaro * Pedro de Aguillón as Don Filiberto * Rafael Banquells as Representante * Lupe Carriles as Elvira * Alfonso Iglesias Padre as Don Fidencio * Hermanos Reyes * Luz María Aguilar as Chica en la corte de la reina * Daniel Arroyo as Cliente en cabaret * Stephen Berne as Hombre en fiesta de palacio * Manuel Casanueva as Pintor * Cecilia Leger as Clienta en cabaret * Concepción Martínez as Clienta en restaurante * Luis Manuel Pelayo as Mesero en cabaret * Carlos Robles Gil as Cliente en cabaret * Félix Samper as Cliente en cabaret * Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Bailarín * Hernán Vera as Portero * Acela Vidau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Got Me By The Wing
''You've Got Me By the Wing'' (Spanish: ''Me traes de un ala'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Silvia Pinal and Aurora Segura.Amador, p. 116. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Silvia Pinal as Rosita Alba Vírez * José María Linares-Rivas as Gámez * Aurora Segura as María Celis * Fernando Soto as Narciso * Marcelo Chávez as Jiménez * Maruja Grifell as Eulalia * Wolf Ruvinskis as Mayordomo * Juan García as Jefe de redacción * Joaquín García Vargas as Comisario * Guillermo Hernández as Criado * Pepe Hernández as Guardia * Pompín Iglesias as Policía * Araceli Julián as Cantante * Elena Julián as Cantante * Rosalía Julián as Cantante * Vicente Lara as Vendedor de cigarros * Consuelo Monteagudo as Adelaida - cantante ridícula * José Ortega as Ojitos de celuloide * José Pardavé * Francisco Reiguera * Humberto Rodríguez * Julio Sotelo as Anunciador teatro * Rafael Torres as Meser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Say I'm A Communist
''They Say I'm a Communist'' (Spanish: ''Dicen que soy comunista'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Adalberto Martínez, María Luisa Zea and Miguel Manzano.Agrasánchez p.26 Cast * Adalberto Martínez as Benito Reyes * María Luisa Zea as Berta * Miguel Manzano as Macario Carrola * Joaquín Roche hijo as Huicho * Charles Rooner as don Guillermo * Salvador Quiroz as Teófilo Mendieta * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as Nabor Méndez * Jorge Arriaga as Camarada Buenaventura * Manuel Dondé as Camarada Palomera * Bruno Márquez as Anunciador en concurso * Carmen Manzano as Doña Lolita * Josefina del Mar as Olga Figueroa * Jaime Jiménez Pons as Amigo de Huicho * Armando Acosta as Hombre en baile * Jorge Alzaga as Miembro del comité * Daniel Arroyo as Cliente restaurante * Augusto Benedico as Don Federico, jefe de Benito * Victorio Blanco as Miembro del comité * Lupe Carriles as Vecina * Enrique Carrillo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Darling! Look What You've Done!
''Oh Darling! Look What You've Done To Me!'' (Spanish: ''¡Ay, amor, cómo me has puesto!'') is a 1951 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rebeca Iturbide and Marcelo Chávez.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.116 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Synopsis A bakery delivery man falls in love with a middle-class woman after helping her following an accident, but her family object to him. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Rebeca Iturbide as Margarita * Marcelo Chávez as Patrón de la Panaderia * Fannie Kauffman as Vitola * Jorge Reyes as Doctor Esteban * Mimí Derba as Doña Beatriz, mamá de Margarita * Arturo Soto Rangel as don Manuel, padre de Margarita * Pascual García Peña as Ranilla * Lucrecia Muñoz as Lupita * José René Ruiz as Pepito * Club de Foot-Ball Marte * Armando Arriola as Enfermero * Steph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Of The Skunk
''The Mark of the Skunk'' (Spanish: ''La marca del zorrillo'') is a 1950 Mexican comedy adventure film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Silvia Pinal and Marcelo Chávez. It is a parody of '' The Mark of Zorro''.Navitski & Poppe p.244 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Synopsis In California in the 1840, a foppish young aristocrat becomes a fighter for justice against the corrupt governor after a potion given him by a witch makes his temporarily invincible. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin / El vizconde de Texmelucan * Silvia Pinal as Lupita * Marcelo Chávez as Don Marcelo de Toluca, el gobernador * Rafael Alcayde as Capitán don Gaspar de Cadereyta * Hortensia Constance as Doña Leonor de Tijuana * Juan García as Pitaya * Lupe Inclán as La bruja * Rafael Banquells as Oficial * José René Ruiz as Enano * Joaquín García Vargas as Coc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tender Pumpkins
''Tender Pumpkins'' or ''Tender Little Pumpkins'' (Spanish: ''Calabacitas tiernas'') is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rosita Quintana and Nelly Montiel.Mora, pg. 84 This film marked the acting debut of Ramón Valdés, known mainly for portraying Don Ramón in the 1970s sitcom ''El Chavo del Ocho''. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Rosita Quintana as Lupe * Nelly Montiel as Nelly * Jorge Reyes as Reyes * Gloria Alonso as Gloria * Nicolás Rodríguez as Guitarist * Francisco Reiguera as El muerto * Juan Orraca as Architect * Julián de Meriche as Representative * Francisco Pando as Don Gumersindo * Ramón Valdés as Willy * Mario Castillo as Crew member * Amalia Aguilar as Amalia * Rosina Pagã as Rosina * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Ramón Gay as Announcer * Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
