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Red Rain (1950 Film)
''Red Rain'' (Spanish: ''Lluvia roja'') is a 1950 Mexican war adventure film directed by René Cardona and starring Jorge Negrete, Elsa Aguirre and Rodolfo Landa. Riera p.81 It was filmed at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. Location shooting took place at the Hacienda Cocoyoc in Morelos. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Cast * Jorge Negrete as Enrique Montero * Elsa Aguirre as Elisa * Rodolfo Landa as Gerardo * Julio Villarreal as Don Federico * Arturo Martínez as Licenciado * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as General Medina * Luis Aceves Castañeda as Othon * Alejandro Cobo as Don Justo * Quintín Bulnes as Enrique, el loco * Jaime Calpe as Luisito * Eduardo Arozamena as Dueño tienda * Aurora Walker as Esposa de José María * Enriqueta Reza as Juliana * Narciso Busquets as Rolando Zúñga * Fanny Schiller as Tía de Elisa * Lupe Inclán as Perpetua * Alicia Carrión as Colomba * Carlos Múzquiz as Soldado * Julio Ahuet as Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, ''Sombras habaneras'' (''Havana Shadows''). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses. Biography Fanny Schiller Hernández was born on 3 August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20, she began performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the country. She then worked as a dancer with José María Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, María Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas. She made her starring film debut in the movie '' El Cristo de oro' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narciso Busquets
Narciso Busquets Zárate (8 September 1931 – 14 December 1988) was a Mexican actor of theater, film, television, radio and voice-over. He also directed a film, ''Sin fortuna'', in 1980. He began his acting career in 1937, as a child actor, and appeared as one of Cantinflas' sons in ''Ahí está el detalle''. He dubbed the voice of Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune in Spanish in the film '' Ánimas Trujano'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Among his other contributions in film are '' El gallo de oro'' with Ignacio López Tarso and Lucha Villa, ''Los cuatro Juanes'' with Luis Aguilar, ''Pedro Páramo'' with John Gavin, ''La soldadera'' with Silvia Pinal, ''Jesús, nuestro Señor'' with Claudio Brook and '' Valente Quintero'' with Antonio Aguilar and Saby Kamalich. On television, Busquets had his debut in 1961 and continued to stay steady until 1988. He portrayed José María Morelos in the historical telenovela ''Los caudillos'' in 1968. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enriqueta Reza
Enriqueta Reza (3 April 1893 – 17 September 1968) was a Mexican actress, performing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She acted in a total of 67 films and won the Ariel Award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ... for A Family Like Many Others in 1950. Biography Enriqueta Reza was born on 3 April 1893. Her first cinema appearance was in 1943 in the movie ''Toros'', ''Amor'' y ''Gloria''. She acted in a total of 67 movies. In her youth she had established her own theater company and managed to create unforgettable characters for the Mexican scene. She won the Ariel Award as a best supporting actress in 1950 with the movie ''Una famila de tantas''. Her most notable films were "In the palm of your hand", "La maquerida", "El siete Machos", "Los bandidos de Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Walker
Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress. She appeared in more than a hundred and twenty films during her career.Agrasánchez p.159 She was married to Mexican actor Julio Taboada until her death (suicide by electrocution) 2 January 1964. Their son is Mexican movie writer and director Carlos Enrique Taboada Carlos Enrique Taboada Walker (July 18, 1929 - April 15, 1997) was a Mexican screenwriter and director. He is best known for his supernatural Terror and suspense films including Hasta el viento tiene miedo, Más negro que la noche, Veneno para la .... Selected filmography * '' With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1947) * '' The Game Rooster'' (1948) * '' Beau Ideal'' (1948) * '' Jalisco Fair'' (1948) * '' The Woman I Lost'' (1949) * '' Red Rain'' (1950) * '' The Lone Wolf'' (1952) * '' The Justice of the Wolf'' (1952) * '' I Don't Deny My Past'' (1952) * '' The Wolf Returns'' (1952) * '' Nobody's Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Arozamena
Eduardo Arozamena Lira (13 October 1875 – 21 May 1951) was a Mexican actor. His nickname was "El Nanche Arozamena". Son of Juan Arozamena and Guadalupe Lira y Argomanes. Initially a singer (baritone), theater actor, he later ventured into film, where he was also a director and screenwriter. He worked in Mexico as well as in the United States, where he participated in the famous 1931 ''Dracula'' Spanish-language film, directed by George Melford. He also entered literature as a storyteller, with his works being published in the weekly "Mefistófeles". He later authored the weekly column ''Parece que fue ayer'' ("It seems like yesterday"), published in the newspaper ''El Universal Ilustrado''. The National Association of Actors (ANDA) of Mexico named their most important medal, awarded to its members when they turn 50 years of career, in his honor. Filmography * ''La soñadora'' (1917) * ''Don Juan diplomático'' (1931) as Doctor * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * '' Drácula'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Calpe
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and in Catalonia it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became ''Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name '' Saint James'' developed in Spanish to ''Santiago'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names ''Diego'' (Spanish) and '' Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of ''Jaime''. In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name, along with given name James. For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years. People * Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the 4th Duke of Braganza * Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), Spanish prince, the second son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Cobo
Alejandro Cobo Higuera (1904 – 21 March 1950) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. He worked in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, in films such as ''Virgen de medianoche'' (1942), ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942), ''The White Monk'' (1945), ''Hermoso ideal'' (1948), '' The Genius'' (1948) and '' The Magician'' (1949). He was the stepfather of Roberto Cobo.''Siempre!'' (1985), Universidad de Michigan, Editorial Siempre, p. 34. Selected filmography * '' The 9.15 Express'' (1941) *''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) *'' I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) *''María Eugenia'' (1943) * ''Christopher Columbus'' (1943) * ''Resurrection'' (1943) * ''Lightning in the South'' (1943) *''El Misterioso señor Marquina'' (1943) *''El corsario negro'' (1944) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1944) *''The White Monk'' (1945) * ''Arsène Lupin'' (1947) * ''Ecija's Seven Children'' (1947) *'' The Genius'' (1948) * ''Beau Ideal'' (1948) *'' The Magician'' (1949) *'' The Bewitched House'' (1949) *'' The Devil Is a Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Aceves Castañeda
Luis Aceves Castañeda (1913–1973) was a Mexican film actor.Paietta, p. 141. Selected filmography * '' Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) * '' Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * '' Red Rain'' (1950) * '' Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''A Place Near Heaven'' (1952) * '' Mexican Bus Ride'' (1952) * ''Wuthering Heights'' (1954) * '' The Aztec Mummy'' (1957) * ''The Curse of the Aztec Mummy ''The Curse of the Aztec Mummy'' (Spanish: ''La Maldición de la Momia Azteca'') is a 1957 Mexican horror film directed by Rafael Portillo. It is the second film in the Aztec Mummy series which began with ''The Aztec Mummy'' (Spanish title:La Mo ...'' (1957) * '' Nazarín'' (1959) References Bibliography * Paietta, Ann C. ''Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895–2003''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1913 births 1973 deaths Mexican male film actors {{Mexico-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Rebel'' (1943) * '' The Spectre of the Bride'' (1943) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1944) * ''Nana'' (1944) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * ''The Hour of Truth'' (1945) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * '' Red Rain'' (1950) * ''The Man Without a Face'' (1950) * ''Streetwalker'' (1951) * ''The Martyr of Calvary'' (1952) * ''Sister Alegría'' (1952) * '' The Boy and the Fog'' (1953) * ''The Strange Passenger'' (1953) * ''Forbidden Fruit'' (1953) *'' The Sword of Granada'' (1953) * ''Genius and Figure'' (1953) * ''Pain'' (1953) * ''The Price of Living'' (1954) * '' Camelia'' (1954) * ''When I Leave'' (1954) * ''The Murderer X'' (1955) * '' The Bandits of Cold River'' (1956) * '' Pablo and Carolina'' (1957) *''The Boxer'' (1958) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |